PSYC12H3 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Cognitive Load, Semantic Differential, Social Dominance Orientation
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Outgroup: any group to which one doesn"t belong. Minimal groups: group formed on arbitrary or random criteria (e. g. , random assignment). Prejudice: a biased evaluation (positive or negative) of a group based on real or imagined characteristics of the group members. Stereotype: a set of beliefs about the personal attitudes of a group of people. Intergroup hostility: an irrational basis for disliking others simply because they belong to another group. Schema: a hierarchically organized, cognitive structure that represents knowledge about a concept or type of stimulus, and its attributes and the relations between those attributes. Cultural stereotype: consensually or widely shared beliefs about a group. Attitude: a general evaluation of some object. Individual stereotype: the beliefs held by an individual about the characteristics of a group: this evaluation usually falls along a good-bad or favourable-unfavourable dimension, three components of the intergroup attitude: Discrimination: any negative behavior toward someone based on their membership in a group.
