PSYCO347 Chapter 7.2: Psychology 347 - Chapter 7.2
10 Oct 2018
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Realistic group con ict theory: argues that people become prejudiced against others with whom they must compete for limited resources such as jobs, money, or status. Relative deprivation: the perception that others have more than you do, or that another group is better o than your own group. Social comparison: when our comparisons reveal us to be inferior, our self-wroth su ers. Scapegoat: the targeted group we have hostility, negativity, and prejudice due to frustrations at an authority. Superordinate goals: a problem that could only be solved if the two groups worked together.
