PSYCH 280 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Subtyping, Type Physicalism, Miniature Golf
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A hostile or negative attitude toward people in a distinguishable group, based solely on their membership in that group. Unjustifiable negative behavior toward a group or its members. A generalization about a group of people in which traits are assigned to virtually all members of the group, regardless of actual variation among the members. Used to justify unjust policy and practices. Racism: an individual prejudicial attitudes and discriminatory behavior toward people of a given race. Institutional practices that subordinate people of a given race. Sexism: an individual prejudicial attitudes and discriminatory behavior toward people of a given sex. Institutional practices that subordinate people of a given sex. Benevolent sexism: subjectively positive evaluations that may inadvertently undermine agency. A more subtle, more socially acceptable form of racism. Greatest prejudice in the most intimate social realms. Based on how brain works- form views. In-group ( us )- a group who shares a sense of belonging and a feeling of common identity.
