PSYB10H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Thought Suppression, Contact Hypothesis, Subtyping

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Racism: prejudice and discrimination based on a person"s racial background, or institutional and cultural practices that promote the domination of one racial group over another. Sexism: prejudice and discrimination based on a person"s gender, or institutional and cultural practices that promote the domination of one gender over another. 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 behaviors directed against persons because of their membership in a particular group. Group: two or more people having at least one of the following characteristics: direct interactions with each other over a period of time, shared, common fate, identity or a set of goals. Joint membership in a social category based on sex, race or other attributes. Outgroups: groups that are other than our own.

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