PSY220H1 Study Guide - Henri Tajfel, Imber, Paul Klee
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Prejudice is a negative prejudgement of a group and its individual members. An antipathy based upon a faulty and in exible generalization. Prejudice is a negative attitude: combinations of feelings, inclinations to act, and beliefs. Stereotype is a belief about the personal attributes of a group of people. (generalization) Problems with stereotypes arise when they are overgeneralized. Discrimination is a negative behavior and often has its source in prejudicial attitudes. Racism and sexism are institutional practices that discriminate. Modern prejudice often appears subtly, in our preferences for what is familiar, similar, and comfortable. It is possible to have different conscious and automatic attitudes towards the same target. Primed with images associated with black people, participants are more hostile to annoying requests. 9 in 10 white people took longer to identify pleasant words when associated with black instead of white faces. Participants had to shoot or not shoot men that suddenly appeared (on-screen) holding a gun or harmless object.
