The flashcards below were created by user
denali1316
on FreezingBlue Flashcards.
-
prejudice
is an attitude (favorable or not favorable), a negative attitude toward a group of its members, a pre-judgment
-
stereotypes
are cognitions/beliefs, beliefs about attributes of a group or its members, usually exaggerations or over-generalizations
-
discrimination
a behavior, a negative behavior toward a group or its members
-
displaced frustration
scapegoating
-
Realistic Group Conflict Theory
competition for scarce resources
-
categorization
based on age, gender, race
-
outgroup homogeneity
the tendency to think that members of other groups are fairly similar
-
ingroup heterogenity
the tendency to perceive quickly the differences among members of one's own group
-
biased comparisons
when comparing ingroups with outgroups, we only compare them on a few prominent features
|
|