Discrimination Flashcards
(17 cards)
The equality act 2010
age, gender reassignment, marriage, pregnant, disability, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation
what is discrimination
members of a minority group are treated differently than members of a majority group with otherwise identical characteristics
why is studying discrimination difficult
identical characteristics and similar circumstances difficult show empirically
asking people important measure but doesn’t show discrimination
why are surveys limited
social desirability and implicit prejudice
what are audit studies
in person test with actors from different groups
what are correspondence studies
application - fictitious, ethnicity signalled by name
weakness of studies
+ stronger claim to casual inference
- external validity, generalisability
taste based discrimination
may dislike so pay economic price
statistical discrimination
info incomplete - case group average
decision making systems - Kahneman
system 1 = fast, not rationalised
system 2 = slow, logical
what did Allport suggest
intergroup, improve relations, common goal, cooperation, support of authorities, can reduce prejudice
how to reduce discrimination
role models
intergroup
de-biasing
anonymisation
what is the women penalty
7% penalty in hiring
what is the Goldberg paradigm
lab experiment
students graded within essays
female graded lower
exact copies with different names
limitations of the Goldberg paradigm
demand characteristics
lack external validity
implicit association test
people unwilling or unable to report
peoples unconscious thoughts
list randomisation
how many statements are true for them
state the number
