PSY220H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Illusory Correlation, Veganism, Circadian Rhythm

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Stereotypes - belief that certain attributes are characteristics of members of a particular group (belief) Prejudice - negative attitude or response towards a certain group or individual (attitude) Discrimination - unfair treatment of members of a particular group based on their membership in that group (behaviour) Modern racism - prejudice directed at other racial groups that exist along side rejection of explicitly racist beliefs. Priming - procedure used to increase the accessibility of a concept of schema (e. g. , stereotype) Realistic group conflict theory - theory that group conflict, prejudice, and discrimination are likely to arise over competition between groups for limited resources. Ethnocentrism - glorifying one"s own group while vilifying other groups. Minimal group paradigm - an experimental paradigm in which researchers create groups based on arbitrary and seemingly meaningless criteria and then examine how the members of these minimal groups are inclined to behave to one another ( us vs them )

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