Prejudice and Discrimination Chapter 1

Human culture

a unique information system shared by an group, transmitted across generations to ensure wellbeing and happiness

Group privilege

A unearned state of favor

Stereotype

Beliefs about characteristics, attitudes, and behaviors of members of various groups

Prejudice

an attitude directed towards people because they are members to a specific group

Discirmination

treating people differently biased on membership in a social group

Interpersonal discrimination

treated unfairly by a persons group membership

Organizational discimination

Any organization with structures, process, practices that guard who is hired or promoted

Institutional discrimination

policies and practice in social institutions that result in a different outcome for different members

Cultural discrimination

One group maintains power to define culture value system

Authoritarian Personality Type

people with a strong allegiance and adherence to authority figures

Social Dominance Oreintation

People who believe their group sound control the outgroup

Implicit prejudice

reactions towards groups that occur unconsciously

Explicit prejudice

attitudes people are aware of

Intersexionality

People having multiple social identities

Scientific racism

misinterpretation of research to show minorities in a negative light

Psychodynamic theory

prejudice is defense mechanism and a universal psychological process

Socieo-Cultural theory

People interact with the cultural stereotype along with other norms

Structural-Functionalist View

People adopt stereotypes for social acceptance

Conflict Perspective

People adopt values of their group, attitudes towards outgroup varies

Intergroup relations theory

Prejudice comes from resentment towards outgroup

Realist Group Conflict Theory

Prejudice due to competition between scare resources

Social Identity Theory

People increase self-identity by feeling positively about their ingroup,

Cress Theory of Color Confontation

Prejudice is reactionary to white people becoming a racial minority

Cognitive theory

People categorize other to comprehend information quickly

Evolution Theory

Prejudice and intergroup conflict are in inevitable and evolved to protect the ingroup

Kin Favortism

Cooperate among relatives to engage in mutual survival