PSYC 2310 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Confirmation Bias, European Canadian, Symbolic Racism
17 Apr 2013
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A stereotype is a belief that associates a whole group of people with a certain trait. Prejudice is hostile or negative feelings about people based in their membership in a certain group. Discrimination is behaviour directed against people solely because of their membership in a particular group. Explicit self-esteem is self-esteem that one has expressed about oneself. Implicit self-esteem is one"s evaluation of oneself that may exist largely outside of one"s awareness. Children often form their attitudes about people in different groups by watching (and listening) to their parents. If a child hears a parent express negative attitudes about people who hold different religious beliefs from their own, the child is likely to form negative beliefs about the people in this group. We often look to others for guidance in forming our attitudes and behaviour. Social learning is one explanation for why people are often willing to express certain types of prejudice, but not others.
