Stereotyping and Prejudice PSYC 20600

Flashcards summarizing key vocabulary and definitions related to stereotyping and prejudice.

Prejudice

Negative attitudes or negative feelings towards members of a social group.

Discrimination

Unfairly treating individuals because of their membership in particular groups.

Stereotyping

Assuming that individual members of a group possess characteristics associated with that group.

Explicit measures

Measuring attitudes or behaviors that are openly stated.

Implicit measures

Measuring attitudes or behaviors that are not directly stated but inferred.

Aversive Prejudice

When people who wish to appear non-prejudiced still hold negative attitudes towards certain groups.

Implicit Associations Test

A psychological tool used to measure the strength of automatic associations between concepts.

Feeling Thermometers

A method for measuring attitudes towards a group on a scale, typically ranging from 0 to 100 degrees.

Symbolic Racism

A form of racism that expresses itself through indirect means rather than overt discrimination.

Two-Step Model of Prejudice

A model describing how automatic and controlled processes interact in the expression of prejudice.