Factors affecting prejudice

Question 1

What are the 3 factors that affect prejudice?

Answer 1

Personality, situation and culture

Question 2

What are the 5 personality dimensions as suggested by Eysenck?

Answer 2

Neuroticism, extroversion, conscientiousness, openness to experience, agreeableness

Question 3

What is an authoritarian personality?

Answer 3

More likely to be hostile towards those of a different race, social class, age or sexuality etc - have rigid beliefs

Question 4

How is an authoritarian personality developed?

Answer 4

Experiencing overly harsh parenting, having high standards and being loyal

Question 5

Example of authoritarian person

Answer 5

Hitler - had strict upbringing - had rigid beliefs

Question 6

Evaluation of personality

Answer 6

+ Cohrs - found Right Wing Authoritarianism positively correlated with prejudiced attitudes and negatively correlated with openness to new experience - valid - prejudice determined from personality

• validity - personality changes overtime - views may change over time

Question 7

What is a social norm?

Answer 7

An unwritten rule in society which outlines socially acceptable behaviour in that society or culture

Question 8

What may happen if a social norm is violated?

Answer 8

May be rejected from a group by members - people abide by social norms so they are not rejected - powerful influence on behaviours

Question 9

Example of social norm

Answer 9

In UK, we are more accepting of diversity where we have Equality Act 2010 which protects a group of people from discrimination - In Afghanistan, girls are forbidden to go to school

Question 10

Evaluation of situation and culture

Answer 10

Weakness - cultures change over time - e.g in Germany, Nazis once encouraged Germans to be discriminatory towards Jews but now no longer exist