PSYB10H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Symbolic Racism, Realistic Conflict Theory, Implicit-Association Test
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Stereotypes beliefs that certain attributes are characteristic of members of particular groups: can be positive or negative. Stereotyping, prejudice, and discrimination refer to the belief, attitudinal, and behavioral components, respectively, of negative intergroup relations. People are more inclined to injure those they hold in low regard: a person can discriminate with- out prejudice, ex. Jewish parents sometimes say they don"t want children to marry outside the faith, not because low opinion of other groups, but because concerned about assimilation and its implications for the future of. Judaism: members of nearly all ethnic groups have harbored similar sentiments out of the same concern about preserving a cultural identity or way of life, favoritism can arise in the absence of outgroup enmity. Possible to be prejudiced and yet not discriminate, particularly when a culture frowns on discrimination. Modern racism: ex. a belief that we ought to feel the same toward members of all groups versus some hard-to- shake resistance to that belief.
