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the elements of the tri component model

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affect, behaviour, cognitive

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define attitudes

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an attitude is a learned, stable, and relatively enduring evaluation of a person, object or idea that can affect an individuals behaviour

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implicit attitudes

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an individual is unaware they have the attitude until its demonstrated by their behaviour

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explicit attitudes

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an individual knows they have this attitude and displays is as a result

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person perception

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person perception is the process of forming impressions of others. it is piecing together bits of information gathered about a person so we may get an idea of the characteristics of that person.

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attributions

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attributions are inferences that we make about the cause of event, the behaviour of others or our own behaviour.

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reasons behind internal attributions we use to describe behavior

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traits, ability, motivation, attitude, mood, effort

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reasons behind external attributions we use to describe behaviour

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luck, situation, environmental setting, actions of other people

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stereotypes

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when a person assumes certain groups have particular characteristics that are typical of them. it is grouping individuals according to attributes. stereotyping includes categorising people into groups based on appearance, sexuality, gender or social class and assuming all members of the group are the same

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prejudice

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a negative attitude about a group of people based on incorrect information. it is not an attitude toward an individual

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prejudice and the tri component model

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affective: feelings of hostility towards a group of people, behavioural: the act of discriminating, cognitive: the belief that members of the group belong in the same category

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types of prejudice

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sexism, racism, ageism, ableism, homophobia

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what is discrimination

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the action or behaviour that reflects the negative attitude or prejudice

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types of discrimination

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reluctance to help, tokenism, reverse discrimination

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reverse discrimination

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publicly favouring a minority group in order to avoid accusations of prejudice

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tokenism

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publicly making trivial assistance to a minority group in order to avoid accusations of prejudice

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reluctance to help

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passively or actively declining to help a group of people in a society

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effects of prejudice/discrimination

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failure and disadvantage, reduced self esteem, self fulfilling prophecies, violence and genocide

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formation of prejudice + discrimination

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learning, competition- intergroup conflict, social identity theory, scapegoating, social categorisation and stereotyping

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Intergroup conflict

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people in groups refer to themselves as ‘us’ and others as ‘them’. people in the group perceive themselves as better than people in other groups

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social categorisation and stereotyping

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categorising people into groups based on characteristics we believe they have in common.

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scapegoating

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our frustration over something leads us to unfairly blame innocent person/people, which leads to discrimination of this group

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social identity theory

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people gain self esteem and a sense of identity by belonging to a group. people tend to think negatively about other groups and assume they are the better group

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preventing prejudice

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education, cognitive intervention(giving people more information), setting super ordinate goals(working to a common goal), direct experience, intergroup contact