PSYCH 104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Out-Group Homogeneity, Aversive Racism, Ingroups And Outgroups
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Human zoos: africans and conquered indigenous peoples were kept in pens and cages. Prejudice: negative feeling toward an individual due to their group membership. Aversive racism: simultaneously holding egalitarian values and negative feelings toward people of other races. Discrimination: unequal treatment based on group membership. Stereotype: beliefs that associate groups with traits. Subtypes: categories for people who don"t fit a general stereotype. Categorization: tendency to sort objects into groups. Social categorization: sorting people into groups on the basics of common characteristics. Outgroup members: people who belong to a different group or category than we do. Ingroup members: people who belong to the same group or category as we do. Outgroup homogeneity bias: outgroup members are more similar. Common prejudices and targets to one another than ingroup members. Prejudice is based on perceived differences among groups of people. Includes racial prejudice (racism) and gender prejudice (sexism) Prejudice and discrimination against arabs and muslims has dramatically increased since september 11, 2001.
