Sociology 2233 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Fundamentalism, Muzafer Sherif, The Need
5 Apr 2016
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Chapter 12 - prejudice: most widespread/dangerous social behaviour, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual preference, obesity, skin color, language, age, disability, visible minorities = most prejudice and discrimination (especially women of those groups) Prejudice: the ubiquitous social phenomenon: two-way street, stereotypes are held more for social groups (eg. race) than other kinds of groups, eg. Prejudice: an attitude, affective (emotional) component, a hostile or negative attitude towards people in a distinguished group, based solely on their membership to that group. Discrimination: behavioural (action, unjustified negative or harmful action towards a member of a group simply because of his membership to that group, eg. landlords likely to say space in unavailable if: identifies as lesbian/gay, aids, living in shelter, Aboriginal: also apparent in schools - aboriginals and homosexuals, also in newspaper coverage - more male tennis players than females, also for obese people - less desire to interact with them, eg. black defendants get harsher sentences.
