PSYC 2P30 Lecture Notes - Admissible Evidence, Ethnocentrism, Umber
5 Apr 2013
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Prejudice: attitude (i. e. evaluation) toward a group or a group member, like vs. dislike, favour vs. disfavour, usually, but not always, negative, e. g. sexism, racism, ageism. Researchers often treat all isms as negative. Behaviour (usually negative) aimed at a group or group member: e. g. denying employment, lynching. Unequal status: when there"s unequal status (regardless of the reasoning), prejudice develops, system justification . Religion: leader can use religion to justify social order (within and between cultures, typical findings (re: christianity) Church members are more prejudiced than nonmembers. Among those that go to church, the people who were more faithful/committed attenders were less prejudiced than occasional attenders: allport (1954): motives for religiosity. Extrinsic: sing religion for instrumental means for self-serving ends (i. e. social status, personal security) Intrinsic: pursue religion as an end in itself; master motive in life. Tend to be less prejudiced when prejudice is opposed by religious group (as most are)
