PSYC 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 45: Face Perception, In-Group Favoritism, Verbal Behavior
10 Dec 2015
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Prejudice: an unjustifiable and usually negative attitude toward a group and its members. Generally involves stereotyped beliefs, negative feelings and a predisposition to discriminatory action. Overt prejudice is waning while subtle prejudice is lingering. Notion that good is rewarded and evil is punished. Stereotype: a generalized (at times accurate but often overgeneralized) belief about a group of people. Discrimination: unjustifiable negative behaviour toward a group and its members. Just-world phenomenon: the tendency for people to believe the world is just and that people therefore get what they deserve and deserve what they get. Ingroup: us - people with whom we share a common identity. Outgroup: them - people with whom we perceive as different or apart from our ingroup. Ingroup bias: the tendency to favour our own group. Scapegoat theory: the theory that prejudice offers an outlet for anger by providing someone to blame.
