Mar 11 Prejudice Flashcards
(12 cards)
Ethnocentrism:
Universal tendency to view one’s ingroup as
better than outgroups
3 components to prejudicial attitudes:
- Beliefs: Stereotypes
- Emotions: e.g. hostility
- Predisposition to action, i.e. discrimination
3 Components of Prejudice:
Cognitive (Beliefs)
Affective (Emotions)
Behavioural (Acts)
Emotional roots of prejudice:
Cognitive roots of prejudice: (2 things)
Emotional roots of prejudice:
* Scapegoating and serving self-esteem needs
Cognitive roots of prejudice:
* Categorization allows us to simplify our world
* The “just-world” phenomenon: We assume we get what we deserve!
Observational Learning: (2 things)
Observational Learning:
* Authoritarianism
* Responsible for the transmission of
prejudices across generations
TERRORISM
Definition: (2 things)
TERRORISM
Definition:
* Politically motivated violence
* Intended to instil feelings of terror to influence decision-making
ROOTS OF TERRORISM
Political factors: (2 things)
ROOTS OF TERRORISM
Political factors:
* Absence of democracy/ inability of individual
members to influence decision-making
* Driven by conflict
ROOTS OF TERRORISM
Religion: (2 things)
ROOTS OF TERRORISM
Religion:
* Death-transcending belief system
* Threat of different belief systems
ROOTS OF TERRORISM
Economic and Social Deprivation: (2 things)
ROOTS OF TERRORISM
Economic and Social Deprivation:
* Position of weakness: political,
economic, military
* Subjective perception of injustice and
deprivation
ROOTS OF TERRORISM
Personal factors: (2 things)
ROOTS OF TERRORISM
Personal factors:
* Deep resentment of authority/blaming
“outgroup”
* Recruitment methods
2 ways to overcome prejudice:
Societal Level: (2 things)
OVERCOME PREJUDICE?
- Increase cooperative contacts
- Heal thyself!
Societal level:
* Address poverty & inequity
* Allow democracies to flourish
Roots of Terrorism: (Name 4)
Political factors
Religion
Economic and Social Deprivation
Personal factors
