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PSY - prejudice and discrimination
PSY
9
Psychology
Undergraduate 2
12/03/2012

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Term
definition of prejudice
Definition
negative attitude toward soically defined group and toward any person percieved to be member of that group
Term
what are the tehories of the origins of prejudice?
Definition
- inherent human potential for prejudice
------in group favouritism

- intergroup dynamics
------relatistic conflict theory
------realtive deprivation

- individual differences
-------authoritairan personlaity
------- measurement: anti semite scale, ethocentrim, fascim
Term
name the three phases of the camp study
Definition
1. creating ingroups (led to ingroup favouritism)
2. intergroup competition (conflict)
3. intergorup cooperation (cooperation from superodrinate goal)
Term
what 3 key ideas is affirmative action based on?
Definition
1. targeted to entire groups, not just individuals
2. preferential treatment for members of groups that have suffered discrimination
3. effectiveness of policy judged by results, not intent
Term
what are the contemproary models of prejudice?
Definition
impression management perpective
aversive racism
dissociation model
Term
impression management perspective on predjuce 
Definition
prejudice has not truly been reduced but rather overt expression of prejudice have been repalced with more covert forms of prejudice
Term
aversie racism
Definition
people hold both egalitarian values and prejudiced beliefs. they alternate between postive and neg behaviours toward memebers of minotiry group depending on situational cues.
Term
dissociation model
Definition
to understand nature of prejuidce, one needs to dinsitguish between knoweldge of sterotypes and endosrement of sterotype.
Term
meme cahrt at end of pred. lecture.
Definition
do it.
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