CH2 Diversity

Minority groups

“a population subgroup that holds less power, social status, and access to resources compared to a dominant majority group, regardless of its literal size in the population.”

Social Categorization

“the automatic, natural cognitive process of grouping people into social categories based on shared attributes such as gender, race, age, or occupation.”

Social Identity

“the part of an individual's self-concept that comes from knowing they belong to a social group, along with the emotional and value significance of that membership”

In-Group/Out-Group

“An in-group is a social group that you psychologically identify with and belong to, while an out-group is any group that you do not belong to or view as different from "us" “

Stereotypes

A fixed belief that people place and hold on about a particular group of people or traits, ignoring individual differences or overgeneralizations of characteristics to large human groups.

Prejudice

“irrational, negative evaluations of a group.”

Confirmation Bias

“the tendency to search for, interpret, favor, and recall information that matches your existing beliefs while ignoring or rejecting evidence that contradicts them”

Implicit Bias

“a form of bias that happens automatically, without the perceiver’s knowledge, that affects their judgments, decisions, and behaviors.”

Attribution Error

“errors in estimating the influence of external factors and internal factors when evaluating the behavior of in-group and out-group members.”

Stereotype Threat

“when a person is concerned about being judged by a negative stereotype about their group and this concern affects their performance, behavior, learning, or other outcomes.”