Chap 2 Flashcards
Bogardus scale
Tendency to approach or withdraw from a racial group
Authoritarian personality
A psychological construct of a personality type likely to be prejudiced and to use other as scapegoats
Color blind racism
Une of race neutral principles to defend the racial unequal status qui
Contact hypothesis
An interactionist perspective starting that inter group contract between people of equal status in non competitive circumstances will reduce prejudice
Discrimination
The denial of opportunities and equal rights to individuals because of prejudice
Ethnocentric
The tendency to assume that ones culture and way of life are superior to all others
Ethniphaulisms
Ethnic or racial slurs, including nick names
Exploitation theory
Manifestation of the class system inherent in capitalism
Normative approach
Prejudice is influenced by social norms And situations that encourage or discourage the tolerance of minorities
Prejudice
A negative attitude
Racial profiling
Any arbitrary police initiated action based on race ethnicity or natural Origen rather than a persons behavior
Scapegoating theory
A person or group blamed irrationally for another persons problems or difficulties
Social distance
Tendency to approach or withdraw from racial group
Stereotypes
Unreliable, exaggerated generalizations
Not take into count individual differences
White privilege
Right or immunities granted as a particular benefits or favor for being white
