PSYC 2120 Lecture Notes - Oxford University Press, Gay Bashing, Schizophrenia

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Introduction: aaron webster was murdered on november 17, 2001 as a result of a hate crime (he was openly gay, killing based on simply someone belonging toward a group prejudice. Prejudice: a negative attitude toward members of a group, which is often very strongly held. Derives from the fact that the perceiver prejudges the target disliking based only on. Possible to also be positively prejudiced but sp only focuses refers to prejudice as their group membership negative. Discrimination: (possible consequence of negative prejudice) negative harmful behavior toward people based on their group membership: positive discrimination can also occur (reverse discrimination) giving special or preferential treatment to members of ethnic group. : an attempt to systematically eliminate an ethnic group through. Stereotypes: individuals" belief that members of a group share particular attributes: stereotypes of groups are largely positive so can be referred to as positive by sp, negative stereotypes can provide the basis for prejudice and discrimination.

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