PSYC 215 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Ambivalent Sexism, Symbolic Racism, Group Conflict
20 Nov 2018
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Economic perspective: roots of much intergroup hostility in competing interests that can set groups apart from one another. Motivational perspective: psychological needs that lead to intergroup conflict. Cognitive perspective: origin of stereotyping to the same cognitive processes that enable people to categorize e. g. items of furniture into distinct classes of chairs, couches, tables: characterizing intergroup bias. Stereotypes: beliefs that certain attributes are characteristic of members of particular groups. Involves thinking about a person not as an individual, but as a member of a group, and projecting what you think you know about the group onto your expectations about the person. Prejudice: an attitudinal and affective response toward a group and its individual members. Prejudging others because they belong to a specific category. Discrimination: negative or harmful behavior directed toward members of a particular group. Involves unfair treatment of others based on their membership in a specific group.
