Psychology 3721F/G Chapter Notes - Chapter 16: Aversive Racism, Symbolic Racism, Institutional Racism

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 3721F/G
• Professor: Taylor Kohut

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Racism: prejudice, hostility, discrimination, segregation and other negative action toward an ethinic group. Prejudice: intolerant, unfair or irrational unfavourable attitudes towards another group of ppl; assumption that ones own ethnic group is superior. Institutional racism: formal and explicit laws and regulations that discriminate against certain ethnic groups, informal but powerful social norms limiting the opportunities and choices available to certain ethnic groups; eg dual school systems. Many of our attitudes and opinions toward groups of ppl are adopted. Doll technique: children are showed to dolls one representing a black child and the other a white child; all children preferred white child. Black pride movement; emphasis on positive cultural traditions and values; to improve black childrens self images. Black children integrated school were as problack in their doll choices as white children were prowhite. Study: 75% of princeton undergrads though negroes were superstitious and lazy.