PSYC 2040 Chapter : Chapter 9 Prejudice
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Chapter 9 - prejudice: preconceived negative judgment of a group and its individual members, beliefs about the personal attributes of a group of people. Individual members are judge solely on their group membership. Types of prejudice: racism, prejudicial attitudes and discriminatory behavior toward people of a given race. Prejudicial attitudes and discriminatory behavior toward people of a given sex. Components of prejudice: two components of prejudice, cognitive component - the attitude. Stereotype: behavioral component - the behavior, discrimination. Stereotypes: cognitive component: defining stereotype, a generalization about a group of people in which identical characteristics are assigned to virtually all members of the group, regardless of actual variation among the members. Example of a stereotype: gender stereotype, women are seen as more nurturing and less assertive than men, evolutionary psychologists argue that the difference is due to a basis in the behaviors required for reproductive success.
