Prejudice Key Words

· Stereotyping

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· Stereotyping

Generalized beliefs about the characteristics of social groups

a (typically negative) evaluation of a social group or member of that group

· Discrimination

differential treatment based on a social group

· "old-fashioned" racism

blatant, unapologetic form of racism
anti-egalitarianism
-anti-black effect

· Modern/symbolic racism (historical trends in prejudice)

-profess egalitarian values
-tend to not endorse interracial marriage and integration
-believe that some races have a genetic and family predisposition for deviance or negative internal characteristics

· Aversive racism (historical trends in prejudice)

-Egalitarian beliefs (low explicit racial prejudice), but high implicit prejudice
-motivated to appear unprejudiced but "leak" prejudice

· Implicit bias (historical trends in prejudice)

-prejudice lingers (often below perceivers' awareness) due to stronger associations with White and good and black and bad (e.g., reaction time measures)

· Realistic Conflict Theory (explain prejudice

-structure of relations between groups determines intergroup attitudes
-Competition for limited resources causes out-group animosity

· Socio-Cultural Perspective (explain prejudice)

-parental transmission(observational learning)
-peer groups (social influence)
-Broader cultural context

· Social Identity Theory (explain prejudice)

-we prefer and seek positive self-definitions
-we identify with ingroups that can provide us with such self positivity
-ingroups gain positivity by contrasting against relevant outgroups