Prejudice and Discrimination

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Prejudice and Discrimination

• Prejudice a negative attitude directed toward
  people because they are members of a specific
  social group.
• Discrimination a negative action toward members
  of a specific social group.

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So you dont have any preconceived notions?

• Level of education?
• Music preferences?
• Hobbies?
• Name?
• Occupation?
• Can he babysit your child?

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What is your level of comfort?

• Could you fall in love with a member of a
  different race?
• How would your friends react if you married a
  member of a different race?
• You receive a blood transfusion from a person of
  a different race.
• Does it make you uneasy to see a biracial couple?

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Stereotyping and Prejudice

• Outgroup Homogeneity members of the outgroup
  are more similar than members of the ingroup.
  All Asians look alike.
• Negative feelings AND Stereotyping are essential
  components, but not the ONLYcomponents

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Illusory Correlation

• The belief that two variables are associated wit
  one another when, in fact, there is little or no
  actual association.
• a lot like the availability heuristic
• Shared distinctiveness

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Subcategories

• What groups did you have in high school? Could
  you change your perceptions of those people?

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Social Causes

• Unequal Power and Oppression
• Intergroup Competition (Vincent Chin)
• realistic group conflict theory
• hostility and ethnocentrism
• Robbers Cave
• Social Identity
• Authoritarian Personality
• Religion

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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
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Authoritarian Personality

• Adorno submissiveness to authority, rigid
  adherence to conventional values, and prejudice
  towards outgroups.
• F Scale Short for Fascism
• Psychological History severely disciplined as
  children, learned society was competitive and
  hierarchical

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Religious Beliefs

• Correlation of organized religion and increased
  prejudice and bigotry.
• Need to examine reasons for religiousity
• Intrinsic
• extrinsic

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• Blatant, aka Old Fashioned Racism
• Modern Racism is more subtle and complex. Hatred
  not as apparent, but more discomfort, uneasiness,
  and fear

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Sexism and Heterosexism
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Combatting Prejudice

• Robin Fox Stereotyping is inevitable due to
  biological makeup
• Patricia Devine Stereotyping can be monitored
• Contact Hypothesis
• Equal status
• Close contact over time
• Intergroup cooperation
• Social norms