PSYC 2103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Theodor W. Adorno, Ethnocentrism, Visible Minority

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Prejudice is a hostile or a negative attitude based solely on group membership. Prejudice sometimes means an overall attitude or the affective component. A stereotype is an overgeneralization about characteristics of a group (the cognitive component) A stereotype can be positive and still be a stereotype. It is unjustified negative actions toward someone based solely on their group membership. Pe(cid:396)so(cid:374)alit(cid:455) e(cid:454)pla(cid:374)atio(cid:374)s sa(cid:455) that it"s a(cid:374) i(cid:374)di(cid:448)idual (cid:272)ha(cid:396)a(cid:272)te(cid:396)isti(cid:272) Authoritarian personality: a type of person who is prejudiced. These people are high in ethnocentrism (they think their culture/country/etc. is superior) A person with an authoritarian personality tends to be submissive to in group authorities. Religious fundamentalists tend to fall into the authoritarian personality category. Authoritarians tend to prefer tradition and convention. People who attend church, overall, tend to be more prejudiced than non-church goers. They also tend to have a very harsh and punitive attitude towards wrongdoers and tend to be in favour of the death penalty.

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