PSYC 241 Chapter Notes -Sweetened Beverage, Shooting Of Amadou Diallo, Glass Ceiling
31 Jan 2014
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Stereotypes: beliefs or associations that link whole groups of people with certain traits or characteristics. Prejudice: negative feelings about others because of their connection to a social group. Discrimination: negative behaviours directed against persons because of their membership in a particular group. Note the abcs: prejudice is associated with affect (feelings, discrimination is associated with behaviours, stereotypes are associated with cognition (beliefs). Ingroups: groups with which we identify or perceive belonging to. Outgroups: groups other than the ones we identify with. Old- fashioned racism is regarded as being blatant, explicit, and unmistakable. Modern racism: form of prejudice that surfaces in subtle ways when it is safe, socially acceptable, and easy to rationalize. Aversive racism: ambivalence between sincerely fair- minded attitudes and beliefs and largely unconscious negative feelings and beliefs. Students were presented a case of either a white man or a black man committing a robbery.
