PSYC 2040 Study Guide - Ingroups And Outgroups, Eyewitness Identification, Henri Tajfel
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Chapter 9 - prejudice: defining prejudice, preconceived negative judgment of a group and its individual members, beliefs about the personal attributes of a group of people. Individual members are judge solely on their group membership: prejudicial attitudes and discriminatory behavior toward people of a given race. Prejudicial attitudes and discriminatory behavior toward people of a given sex. Components of prejudice: two components of prejudice, cognitive component - the attitude. Stereotypes: cognitive component: defining stereotype, can be either positive, negative or neutral, a type of cognitive shortcut - heuristic, stereotypes are/do not necessarily, emotional, falsely founded. Evolutionary psychologists argue that the difference is due to a basis in the behaviors required for reproductive success. Discrimination: behavioral component: defining discrimination, an unjustified negative or harmful actin towards a member of a group, simply because of his or her membership in that group. Inducing prejudice real world experiment: school teacher jane elliott, divided her class according to eye color.
