AP psychology 2025 unit 4

prejudice

an unjustifiable attitude toward a group of people

discrimination

a behavior that treats one group of people differently from another group

stereotype

a generalized concept of a group if people

implict attitude

attitude that people hold that they are largely unware of or may not acknowledge

ingroup

people with whom we share a common identity

in-group bias

a tendency to favor our own group

outgroup

people perceived as different from us or not part of the group

out-group homogeneity bias

a tendency to perceive members of the outgroup as less diverse than members of the ingroup

just-world phenomenon

the tendency for people to believe that the world is fundamentally fair and that people generally get what they deserve, often leading individuals to blame victims of misfortune by assuming they must have done something to deserve their situation