PSYC 2040 Study Guide - Final Guide: In-Group Favoritism, Out-Group Homogeneity, Ingratiation
Document Summary
Prejudice is a negative prejudgment of a group and its individual members; a biased, often negative attitude formed about a group of people. Includes belief structures about the group of people along with expectations concerning how those members should behave. Explicit feelings are conscious attitudes that drive behavior that can be accusatory. Stereotype is a belief about the personal attributes of a group of people; stereotypes are sometimes over generalized, inaccurate, and resistant to new information. Stereotypes are an extension of our predisposition to categorize things quickly. A set of rigid beliefs, positive or negative, about characteristics or attributes of a group. *becomes a problem when categorization is rigid and over generalized. Racism (1) an individual"s prejudicial attitudes and discriminatory behavior toward people of a given race, or (2) institutional practices (even if not motivated by prejudice) that subordinate people of a given race.
