PSY 2110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Social Dominance Orientation, Working Memory, Aversive Racism
16 Dec 2017
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Stereotype: a belief that associates a whole group of people with a certain trait. Tend to rely on stereotypes to describe people who differ from us in some way. Prejudice: hostile or negative feelings about people based on their membership in a certain group. People are more likely to express prejudice when their self-esteem is threatened. Discrimination: behaviour directed against people solely because of their membership in a particular group. Can cause people to have a lack of access to resources or to be harmed/in danger of being harmed. Cavalier humour beliefs: chb characterizes a lighthearted, less serious, uncritical, and nonchalant approach towards humour that dismisses potential harm to others . May be a modern way of displaying prejudice/negative and hostile attitudes because there"s less consequences since it"s covered by humour. May be a subtle way of voicing it within a form deemed appropriate by society. Study asked people how much they agree with:
