social psychology ch.9-12 notes

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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