Psychology of Prejudice and Oppression Overview

These flashcards cover key terms and concepts from the Psychology of Prejudice and Oppression course, essential for understanding the course material and preparing for assessments.

Psychologist-Activist

Psychologists who advocate for their clients and communities while balancing their roles as psychologists and activists.

Positionality

An awareness of the ways our intersectional social identities impact our values, beliefs, and worldviews.

Empowerment-based Confrontation

A strategy for addressing prejudice that involves empowering individuals to confront discriminatory behaviors and attitudes.

Individual-level Confrontations

Confrontations that occur on a personal level, often requiring specific conditions to be effective and facing barriers to implementation.

Group-based Training Confrontations

Types of confrontations that involve training groups to address prejudices collectively; their effectiveness can vary.

Implicit Biases

Unconscious attitudes or stereotypes that affect our understanding, actions, and decisions.

Critical Participatory Research

A research method aimed at challenging traditional power structures by collaborating with community members to ensure inclusivity.

Awareness and Concern in Sincere Egalitarians

Strategies aimed at creating awareness among individuals who genuinely wish to support equality.

Intergroup Contact

Engagement between members of different social groups to reduce prejudice and improve relations.

Social Constructionism

A theory that examines how social phenomena develop in social contexts and how they are constructed through social processes.