PSYC12H3 Chapter 1: Chapter 1
Document Summary
It functions to preserve the integrity and position of the dominant group. Especially when they are the only member of their group in a situation: stereotype threat is when members of a stereotypes group become aware of negative stereotypes about them and thus produces anxiety. Discrimination: unfair treatment of individuals due to group membership, according to allport, involves denying individuals or groups of people equality of treatment, biased behaviour. Explicit and implicit bias: traditionally, stereotypes and prejudices have been conceived as explicit responses beliefs and attitude people know they hold. Institutional and cultural discrimination: black psychology and cultural psychology illuminate how independent efforts, institutional and cultural forces maintain and promote intergroup bias. Basic processes in prejudice, stereotyping and discrimination: haslam and dovidio identified based factors that foster and maintain bias, personality and individual differences, group conflict, social categorization, social identity.
