Psychology 2070A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Aversive Racism, Implicit-Association Test, Anorexia Nervosa

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2070A/B
• Professor: James M Olson

Document Summary

Prejudice- a negative attitude toward members of a group, which is often very strongly held (possible to be positive, but in social psych its referred to be negative. Discrimination- negative, harmful behavior toward people based on their group membership (can be positive but in social psych its referred to negative) Stereotypes- individuals beliefs that members of a group share particular attributes (can be positive or negative) Implicit attitudes- individuals automatic- and often unconscious- evaluations of a target. Old fashioned blatant racial discrimination has been replaced by more subtle and ambiguous discrimination many majority groups (whites) have ambivalent (conflicted) feelings towards minorities (aboriginals and asian canadians) When the circumstances are made for negative treatment to be justifiable, providing an excuse (perhaps even to themselves) for discrimination reports of blatant prejudice decreased but little change has been made in discriminatory behavior. Study when participants had to judge an ambiguous participants.