U2AOS1 - Prejudice & Discrimination

Prejudice

A negative attitude about another person or group of people baseed on insufficient or incorrect information, formed in advance of any experience w/ that person who group

1st basic characteristic of prejudice?

The majority tends to believe that they're superior to the minority.

2nd basic characteristic of prejudice?

The majority tends to believe the minority is different from them.

3rd basic characteristic of prejudice?

The majority tends to believe they are more powerful and important.

4th basic characteristic of prejudice?

The majority displays prejudiced attitudes due to insecurity, fearing the minority will become more powerful and important.

What are the 4 types of prejudice

Old-fashioned, modern, implicit and explicit

Old-fashioned prejudice

Members of the majority group openly reject minority group members and their views are obvious & recognisable

Modern prejudice

More subtle, hidden and expressed in ways more likely to be accepted within the majority group.

Explicit prejudice

Consciously held & usually deliberately though about

Implicit prejudice

unconsciously held, person is not aware that they hold the prejudice & it's usually not in their control

6 Ways to reduce prejudice

Intergroup Contact, Contact hypothesis, Mutual interdependence, superordinate goals, equality of status and cognitive interventions

intergroup contact as a way to reduce prejudice

Direct contact between the 2 groups that have a prejudice towards each other (or one against the other)

what must intergroup contact include

Sustained contact, co-operate together & shared equal status

Contact Hypothesis as a way to reduce prejudice

Certain types of direct contact between members of different groups can reduce prejudice

mutual interdependence as a way to reduce prejudice

2 rival groups who are prejudiced towards each other are placed in a situation where they must rely on each other

superordinate goals as a way to reduce prejudice

Getting 2 conflicting groups to work together towards a common goal they both want or need to solve

Equality of status as a way to reduce prejudice

Groups must have equal status in the contact situations in order to reduce prejudice

Cognitive interventions as a way to reduce prejudice

Changing the way someone thinks about prejudice

Discrimination

the behaviour or actions that reflects the negative attitude/prejudice

Types of Discrimination

Direct & Indirect

Direct discrimination

Treated unfavourably because of a personal characterisitic despite protection by law

Indirect discrimination

Unreasonable requirement, condition or practise that disadvantages a person or group of peoples because of a personal characteristic