Prejudice

Question 1

prejudice

Answer 1

a pre-conceived opinion about a group of people based on stereotypes or irrational ideas

Question 2

discrimination

Answer 2

the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different catagories of people

Question 3

Prejudice is an attitude. What 3 parts does it comprise of?

Answer 3

affect, behaviour and cognition

Question 4

affect

Answer 4

feelings of dislike, hostility, fear, suspician

Question 5

behaviour

Answer 5

insult, discrimination, avoidence, physical violence

Question 6

cognition

Answer 6

knowledge based on stereotypes

Question 7

what scale measured the manifestation of prejudice and discrimination in a society

Answer 7

Allport’s scale

Question 8

how many stages of prejudice are in Allport’s scale and how are they ranked

Answer 8

5 stages

ranked by the increasing harm they produce

Question 9

what are the 5 stages of discrimination - Allport’s scale

Answer 9

Anti-locution
Avoidance
Discrimination
Physical Attack
Extermination

Question 10

Anti-locution

Answer 10

where a majority group freely makes jokes about a minority group

Question 11

Avoidance

Answer 11

People in the majority group actively avoid members of the minority group

Question 12

Discrimination

Answer 12

minority group is discriminated against by denying them opportunities and services

Question 13

Physical Attack

Answer 13

majority group vandalise property of the minority group

physical harm is done to the minority group

Question 14

Extermination

Answer 14

attempt by the majority group to liquidate the entire minority group

Question 15

application of extermination in real life

Answer 15

holocaust

Question 16

Allport (1954) - what are the 4 key conditions for the positive effects of intergroup contact to occur in contact situations

Answer 16

1. equal status
2. intergroup cooperation
3. common goals
4. support by social and institutional authorities

Question 17

what did Allport suggest that contact between members of different groups can do

Answer 17

work to reduce prejudice and intergroup conflict

which can break down the misinformation which results in stereotypes

Question 18

what experiment did Jane Elliott conduct

Answer 18

Blue eyes - brown eyes experiment

Question 19

Blue eyes - Brown eyes experiment procedure

Answer 19

children divided into groups based on their eye colour

day 1 - blue eyes children told thy were superior than those with brown eyes, and they received special treatment, e.g. 5 extra minutes of recess

Day 2 - roles were reversed

Question 20

how can Elliot’s study be applied to society

Answer 20

as a way to educate people about prejudice and reduce its prevalence in society