module 11 Flashcards
1
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prejudice
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- negative attitude and affective response toward a group and individual members
2
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automatic activation of stereotypes
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- Devine in 1989
- assessed 3 questions to distinguish between high and low prejudiced ppl
- are there differences in stereotype familiarity?, are there differences in stereotype activation?, are there differences in response to stereotype activation?
3
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modern vs old fashioned racism
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- old fashioned: not socially accepted, no laws to prevent it
- modern: 3 main tenets, doesnt think that racism is a problem anymore (denial that there is cont. discrimination, resentment abt demands that disadvantaged groups make for equal treatment, and resentment abt concessions made to disadvantaged groups)
4
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Adverse racism
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- subtle form of prejudice
- rejecting explicitly racist beliefs, yet experiencing an enduring prejudice against racial groups
- will say they have egalitarian views
- when racism is non-over they may discriminate
5
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behavioural consequences
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- avoidance of outgroup members, subtle discrimination
6
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IAT
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- implicit association test
- measured outside of awareness
7
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how do you measure attitudes or stereotypes
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- self-report (not accurate)
- Implicit association test (IAT)
- priming
- creating groups in the lab (minimal group paradigm)
8
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minimal group paradigm
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- seemingly meaningless group differences matter
- in group favouritism
9
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causes of stereotypes
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- economic perspectives
- motivational perspectives
- cognitives perspectives
10
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economic perspectives on stereotypes
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- realistic conflict theory
- competition for limited resources
- resources can be economic, political or social
- may not be real competition
- relative deprivation theory (ppl believe they have less than they deserve)
11
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motivational perspectives on stereotypes
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- social identity theory (ppl favour ingroups over outgroups to enhance their own self-esteem)
- derogating outgroups to bolster self-esteem
- frustration/aggression theory
12
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cognitives perspectives on stereotyping
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- cognitive misers (conserving mental resources)
- construal processes and biased assessments (illusory correlations, outgroup homogeneity effect ‘they are all alike’, and accentuation of ingroup similarity and outgroup differences)
13
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illusory correlations
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- seeing relationships between two variables that aren’t really there
- distinctive events capture attention (becomes over-represented in memory)
-negative and minority events are distinctive
14
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what happens if people encounter ppl who contradict stereotypes
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- subtype (see the person as a special case)
- revise/get rid of stereotype
- the more a person deviates from the stereotype, the less likely it is the change the stereotype