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Prejudice
An unjustifiable and usually negative attitude toward a group and its members - who often are people of a particular racial or ethnic group, gender, or sexual orientation
Stereotype
Generalized beliefs about a group of people
Discrimination
To act in negative and unjustifiable ways toward members of a group
Just-world phenomenon
The idea that good is rewarded and evil is punished; sometimes leads to the automatic leap to assume that those who succeed must be good and those who suffer must be bad
Ingroup
A group that a person identifies with and feels a sense of belonging to
Outgroup
A group that person does not identify with or belong to; anyone who does not belong to your group
Ingroup bias
The tendency for people to favor and who preferential treatment to individuals who belong to the same group as them
Scapegoat theory
Proposes that when things go wrong, finding someone to blame can provide a target for out negative emotions
Other-race effect
Our greater recognition for individual own-race faces
Aggression
Any physical or verbal behavior intended to harm someone, whether done out of hostility or as a calculated means to an end
Frustration-aggression principle
Frustration creates anger, which can spark aggression; demonstrates the phenomenon that aversive stimuli can evoke hostility
Social script
Culturally provided mental files for how to act in certain situations
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