Psychology 2720A/B Chapter 12: Chapter Twelve Key Terms
19 Dec 2017
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Chapter twelve: a hostile or negative attitude toward people in a distinguishable group, based solely on their membership in that group. Stereotype: a generalization about a group of people in which identical characteristics are assigned to virtually all members of the group, regardless of actual variation among the members. Oversimpli cation: tendency for perceivers to overestimate similarities in groups they don"t belong. Discrimination: unjusti ed negative or harmful action toward a member of a group simply because of his or her membership in that group. Modern racism: outwardly acting unprejudiced while inwardly maintaining prejudiced attitudes. Aversive racism: those who do not consider themselves prejudice, but still harbour hostile feelings towards members of minority groups. Meta-stereotype: a person"s belief regarding the stereotype that out-group members hold about their own group. Ultimate attribution error: our tendency to make dispositional attributions about an entire group of people.
