PSYCH253 Lecture Notes - In-Group Favoritism, Social Dominance Orientation, Amygdala
2 Dec 2012
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Prejudice: a negative prejudgment of a group and its individual members, an attitude. Stereotype: a belief about the personal attributes of a group of people: may be accurate or inaccurate, positive or negative, overgeneralizing can become dangerous. Discrimination: negative behavior often caused by prejudiced attitudes. Racism: prejudicial attitudes and discriminatory behavior toward people of a certain race: or institutional practices that subordinate people of a given race. Sexism: prejudicial attitudes and discriminatory behavior toward people of a given sex: or institutional practices that subordinate people of a given sex. Overt prejudice has decreased significantly however subtle prejudice is still widespread: prejudiced attitudes and discriminatory behavior surface when they can hide behind a screen of some other motive. Automatic prejudice, primitive regions of brain, amygdala. Gender role: set of behavior expectations for males and females: women do housework, men work with production, women more agreeable, men more outgoing. Strong gender stereotyping exists, and members of the groups accept the stereotypes.
