PSYC*1130 Chapter 11: Ch 11 Prejudice Terms
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Prejudice: negative prejudgment of a group and its individual members. Stereotype: a belief about the personal attributes of a group of people. Stereotypes can be overgeneralized, inaccurate, and resistant to new information. Discrimination: unjustifiable negative behaviour toward a group or its members. Racism: (1) an individual"s prejudicial attitudes and discriminatory behaviour toward people of a given race, or (2) institutional practices (even if not motivated by prejudice) that subordinate people of a given race. Sexism: (1) an individual"s prejudicial attitudes and discriminatory behaviour toward people of a given sex, or (2) institutional practices (even if not motivated by prejudice) that subordinate people of a given sex. Social dominance orientation: a motivation to have your own group be dominant over other social groups. Ethnocentrism: believing in the superiority of your own ethnic and cultural group, and having a corresponding disdain for all other groups. Realistic group conflict theory: the theory that prejudice arises from competition between groups for scarce resources.
