COUN 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Selective Perception, European Colonialism, Bogardus Social Distance Scale

• School: Auburn University
• Department: Counselor Ed, Counseling P
• Course: COUN 1000
• Professor: Kelly Mautz

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Types of minorities: ethnic minorities: those groups singled out and treated unequally on the basis of their cultural or physical differences, other types of minorities, sex and gender, physical disabilities, sexual orientation, age, mental illness, prison record. Minority responses to subordination: pluralistic: seek to maintain their cultural ways and patriciate i(cid:374) so(cid:272)iet(cid:455)"s politi(cid:272)s a(cid:374)d economics, assimilationist: seek integration into the dominant society; ex: northwestern europeans; Germans: se(cid:272)essio(cid:374)ists: desi(cid:396)e (cid:272)o(cid:373)plete politi(cid:272)al i(cid:374)depe(cid:374)de(cid:374)(cid:272)e; e(cid:454): (cid:862)que(cid:271)e(cid:272) state(cid:863) (cid:449)ith f(cid:396)e(cid:374)(cid:272)h culture, militant: seek status as the so(cid:272)iet(cid:455)"s dominant group; ex: latvia and the soviet union. Chapter 3: tools of dominance: prejudice and discrimination. Prejudice: negative ideas regarding subordinate ethnic groups and ideas expressing the superiority of the dominant group, a generalized belief, usually unfavorable and rigid, applied to all members of a particular group, prejudgments, emotions, bias. Discrimination: behavior aimed at denying members of particular ethnic groups equal access to societal rewards.