PSYC 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 45: Ingroups And Outgroups, Face Perception, Verbal Behavior
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An unjustifiable and usually negative attitude toward a group and its members. Generally involves stereotypes beliefs, negative feelings, and a predisposition to discriminatory action. ** prejudice is a 3 part combination of: A generalized (sometimes accurate but often overgeneralized) belief about a group of people. Unjustifiable negative behaviour toward a group and its members. The tendency for people to believe the world is just and that people therefore get what they deserve & deserve what they get. People with whom we share a common identity. Those perceived as different or apart from our ingroup. The theory that prejudice offers an outlet for anger by providing someone to blame. The tendency to recall faces of one"s own race more accurately than faces of other races. Also called the cross-race effect or the own-race bias . Any physical or verbal behaviour intended to hurt or destroy.