PSY 0105 Study Guide - Tokenism, Escalator, Heterosexuality
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Believe in underlying essences: there are certain things that cannot be changed. Process information on targets more carefully: discrimination: (behavioral) differential behaviors directed toward members of different social groups, findings: Black patients were less likely to get better testing for diagnoses. Overweight got less money from their parents for their education, earned less money from their salary. At a car dealership, black females and males were charged way more than their white counterparts. A person wearing a gay and proud shirt was treated more poorly than a person wearing a texan and proud shirt: hate crime is when people target members of specific social groups. Mostly involves race, religion, and sexual orientation: institutionalized discrimination: officially sanctioned discrimination. Ex. affirmative action, tax breaks for people who are married or have children. Outgroup homogeneity: tendency to perceive members of an out-group as all alike . Ingroup differentiation: tendency to perceive members of our own group as being heterogeneous.
