SOP 3004 - EXAM 3 Study Guide
Prejudice - answera preconceived negative JUDGEMENT or attitude of a group and its
individual members.
Implicit - answerautomatic; we might not even know we feel this way
(outside of awareness)
Implicit Association Test - answerStudies on approach speeds of differ...
Prejudice - answer✔a preconceived negative JUDGEMENT or attitude of a group and its
individual members.
Implicit - answer✔automatic; we might not even know we feel this way
(outside of awareness)
Implicit Association Test - answer✔Studies on approach speeds of different races show that
people appear to walk slower towards us if they are from races we subconsciously do not like.
(They are actually not walking faster, we are just more attuned to their presence.)
Explicit - answer✔we know we feel this way
(fully aware)
Stereotype - answer✔generalized BELIEFS about a group of people
belief about personal attributes of a group of people.
○ Can be positive, or negative. May be accurate.
○ It's a generalization
DISCRIMINATION - answer✔unjustified negative BEHAVIOR toward a group or its
members
Can stereotypes be
Positive?
Accurate?
Exaggerated? - answer✔a) It can be positive but these sometimes hurt more than help
(1) "Women are wonderful" Effect
b) Positive stereotypes
Are stereotypes the same as prejudice? - answer✔No
Belief vs Judgement
They are generalizations, which can oftentimes represent accurate
tendencies or behaviors of groups.
○ They can even be favorable "women are wonderful" effect.
● Watch out for OVERgeneralizations - exaggerated claims about certain
groups
Discrimination - answer✔a negative behavior towards a particular group of people
Ex:
1. Insulting someone because of their race
2. Treating someone with disrespect because of their age
Racism - answer✔an individual PREJUDICIAL ATTITUDES & DISCRIMINATORY
BEHAVIOR toward people of a
given race.
Institutional Practices (Racism) - answer✔(which may not be motivated by prejudice at all) that
treat unfairly people of a given race or ethnic group.
Sexism - answer✔an individual's PREJUDICIAL ATTITUDES & DISCRIMINATORY
BEHAVIOR toward people of a
given sex
Institutional Practices (Sexism) - answer✔(which may not be motivated by prejudice at all) that
treat unfairly people of a given sex.
Sexism can be _______ & __________ - answer✔Benevolent & Hostile
Gender Stereotypes - answer✔> class experiment
○ People notice when stereotypes of gender are violated (e.g. Flat heads - Stephanie Shirley)
○ ⅔ of the world's unschooled children are girls
patted on the head so much that's where the idea of flathead comes about
Have we improved overall with respect to
prejudice? - answer✔Western democratic countries - YES
However, asking white vs. black,
Women vs. men can alter the answer
Based upon perspective
The Roots of Prejudice
Who is most likely to be prejudiced? - answer✔Unequal status leads to strong prejudice
a) Those with authoritarian personalities tend to be prejudiced and stereotyping
The Authoritarian Personality (obedience, respect for authority)
○ More likely to exhibit / prone to engage in prejudice and stereotyping
The Roots of Prejudice
Religion - answer✔a) White or Fundamentalist church members express more prejudice
b) The more loyal a person is to church, the more prejudiced
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