PSY-200 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Kin Selection, Social Exchange Theory, Anthony Greenwald
16 Nov 2016
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Stereotypes: schemas of how people are likely to behave based simply on groups to which they belong. In-group/out-group bias: the tendency to show positive feelings toward people who belong to the same group as we do, and negative feelings toward those in other groups. Out-group homogeneity: the tendency to see all members of an out-group as the same. Prejudice: a biased attitude toward a group of people or an individual member of a group based on unfair generalizations about what members of that group are like. Discrimination: the preferential treatment of certain people, usually driven by prejudicial attitudes. Attitudes: an individual"s favorable or unfavorable beliefs, feelings, or actions toward an object, an idea, or a person. Cognitive dissonance: the feelings of discomfort caused by information that is different from a person"s conception of himself or herself as a reasonable and sensible person. Persuasion: the act of attempting to change the opinions, beliefs, or choices of others by explanation or argument.
