PSYC 2120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Inter-Active Terminology For Europe, Heterosexism

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2120
• Professor: Ward Struthers

Document Summary

Prejudice- an unjustifiable negative attitude toward a group or its individual members. Stereotypes- belief about the personal attributes of a group of people, they can be over generalizations, inaccurate, and resistant to change. Racism- prejudice against people of other races and ethnicities. Sexism- prejudice against people of a given sex. Heterosexism- prejudices against gays, lesbians, bisexuals, etc. (aka homophobia) Old view- prejudice is an attitude that has an effective, behavioural, and cognitive component. Affective- prejudice or the emotional evaluation, e. g. , i don"t like professors . Behavioural- discrimination or unjustifiable negative behaviour toward an individual or group, e. g. , only hiring men. Cognitive- stereotypes or beliefs about personal attributes, e. g. , all american"s are aggressive. Modern view- prejudice does not fit neatly into the 3 components, rather it is more about the cognitive (stereotype) and affective (prejudice) component, with the behavioural component being reserved for discrimination. Cognitive approach- focuses on stereotypes and automatic and controlled processing of information.