SOCI 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Chauvinism, Xenophobia, Selective Perception
10 Feb 2017
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Ethnicity: groups of people distinguished by socially selected cultural traits, rather than physical ones. Groups are based on a common cultural heritage. Includes language, tradition, food, values, customs, historical symptoms, & religion. Ethnic chauvinism: hostility directed toward people on the basis of their membership in a particular ethnic group (e. g. islamophobia, anti-semitism, xenophobia) Supported by stereotypes generalizations abt people who belong to a particular category. Stereotypes are reinforced through selective perception: noticing only behavior that supports a stereotype, tendency to see those who defy stereotypes as exceptions to the rule , attributing behavior to membership in a category, rather than individual shortcomings. Self-fulfilling prophecy : belief in a false definition of a situation which leads to behavior that produces responses that confirm the false definition. Discrimination: the denial of equal treatment/opportunities to particular social groups. Occurs when a person acts out of prejudice to block another"s opportunities or does harm to life/property.
