PSYC 2110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Stereotype Threat, In-Group Favoritism, Realistic Conflict Theory
20 Dec 2016
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Prejudice: the affective component: hostile or negative attitude toward a distinguishable group of people, based solely on their membership in that group. Discrimination: the behavioural component: unjustified negative or harmful action toward a member of a group, simply because of their membership within it. The way we think: social categorization and schemata formation. Cognitive heuristic (shortcut) which could potentially be inaccurate. We tend to proves information in ways that conform our: us vs. them (in-group vs. out-group bias) stereotypes. In-group: group with which an individual identifies and feels he or she is a member. Out-group: group that an individual doesn"t identify with. In-group bias: positive feelings and special treatment for people we have defined as being part of our group, and negative feelings and unfair treatment for others simply because we have defined them as being in the out-group. Social identity and self-esteem benefits: people who are usually sensible and reasonable about most topics become relatively immune to rational.
