Module 37: Antisocial Relations

Prejudice

Unjustifiable/negative attitude toward a group and its members - stereotyped beliefs + predisposition to discriminatory action

Stereotype

A generalized (sometimes accurate but often overgeneralized) belief about a group of people

Discrimination

Unjustifiable negative behavior toward a group or its members

Implicit Bias

Automatic associations that can influence individual judgements of or behavior toward people of a particular race, gender, or other group

Just-World Phenomenon

The tendency for people to believe the world is just and that people therefore get what they deserve and deserve what they get

Ingroup

“Us” - people with whom we share a common identity

Outgroup

“Them” - those perceived as different or apart from our ingroup

Ingroup Bias

The tendency to favor our own group

Scapegoat Theory

The theory that prejudice offers an outlet for anger by providing someone to blame

Other-Race Effect

Tendency to recall faces of one’s own race more accurately than faces of other races (cross-race effect or own-race bias)

Aggression

Any physical or verbal behavior intended to harm someone physically or emotionally

Frustration-Aggression Principle

The principle that frustration - the blocking of an attempt to achieve some goal - creates anger, which can generate aggression

Social Script

A culturally modeled guide for how to act in various situations

Evidence for Scapegoat Theory

Social trends and experiments

Social Roots of Prejudice

Social inequalities, social divisions, emotional scapegoating

Hindsight Bias

“I knew it all along” phenomenon