PSYC 379 Study Guide - Final Guide: Stereotype Threat, Social Dominance Orientation, Implicit-Association Test
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ambivalent sexism - A form of sexism characterized by attitudes about women that reflect both
negative, resentful beliefs and feelings and affectionate, chivalrous, but potentially patronizing
beliefs and feelings. (p. 148)
contact hypothesis - The theory that direct contact between hostile groups will reduce prejudice
under certain conditions. (p. 180)
discrimination - Negative behaviour directed against persons because of their membership in a
particular group. (p. 141)
group - Two or more persons perceived as related because of their interactions with each other
over time, membership in the same social category, or common fate. (p. 141)
illusory correlation - An overestimate of the association between variables that are only slightly
or not at all correlated. (p. 160)
Implicit Association Test (IAT) - A covert measure of unconscious attitudes, it is derived from
the speed at which people respond to pairings of concepts, such as black or white with good or
bad. (p. 144)
implicit racism - Racism that operates unconsciously and unintentionally. (p. 143)
ingroup favouritism - The tendency to discriminate in favour of ingroups over outgroups. (p.
153)
ingroups - Groups with which an individual feels a sense of membership, belonging, and
identity. (p. 141)
jigsaw classroom - A cooperative learning method used to reduce racial prejudice through
interaction in group efforts. (p. 182)
modern racism - A form of prejudice that surfaces in subtle ways when it is safe, socially
acceptable, and easy to rationalize. (p. 143)
outgroup homogeneity effect - The tendency to assume that there is greater similarity among
members of outgroups than among members of ingroups. (p. 158)
outgroups - Groups with which an individual does not feel a sense of membership, belonging, or
identity. (p. 141)
prejudice - Negative feelings toward persons based on their membership in certain groups. (p.
141)
racism - Prejudice and discrimination based on a person’s racial background, or institutional and
cultural practices that promote the domination of one racial group over another. (p. 141)
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