Module 77: Prejudice & Discrimination

What is prejudice?

An unjustifiable and usually negative attitude towards group and its members

What is a stereotype?

A generalized belief about a group of people

What is discrimination?

Unjustifiable negative behavior toward a group and its members

What is the 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

What is an ingroup?

People with whom we share a common identity

What is an outgroup?

Those perceived as different or apart from our ingroup

What is ingroup bias?

The tendency to favor our own group

What is the scapegoat theory?

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

What is the other-race effect?

The tendency to recall faces of one’s own race more accurately than of other races