PSYC 308 Lecture : Chapter 11 Psych 308 notes!.docx
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Stereotypes: beliefs that certain attributes are characteristic of members of particular groups. Example: african-americans as more likely to break the law. Prejudice: a negative attitude or affective response toward a certain group and its individual members. Possible to be positively prejudiced toward a particular group. Prejudice involves prejudging others because they belong to a specific category. Discrimination: unfair treatment of members of a particular group based on their membership in that group. Roughly speaking, stereotyping, prejudice, and discrimination refer to the belief, attitudinal, and behavioral components, respectively, of negative intergroup relations. It is possible to be prejudiced and yet not discriminate. For example, jewish people want their children to not marry outside the faith, not because they have a low opinion of other groups, but because they are concerned about assimilation etc. Modern racism: prejudice directed at other racial groups that exists alongside rejection of explicitly racist beliefs.
