Study Guide: Stereotyping, Prejudice, and Discrimination

Flashcards covering key concepts related to stereotyping, prejudice, and discrimination based on provided lecture notes.

Intergroup Bias is a broad term that encompasses __, __, and __.

stereotyping, prejudice, and discrimination.

A __ is defined as beliefs about the characteristics of a particular group of people.

stereotype

__ refers to feelings or attitudes about a group of people.

Prejudice

__ is characterized by harmful or unfair behavior toward members of a group.

Discrimination

In the Stereotype Content Model, the dimension of __ relates to trustworthiness and friendliness.

Warmth

The __ measures the strength of associations between concepts and evaluations or stereotypes.

Implicit Association Test (IAT)

People tend to show stronger bias on the IAT than on __ measures.

explicit (self-report)

The __ effect refers to falsely perceiving that out-group members are more similar to one another than in-group members.

Outgroup Homogeneity

Intergroup Contact is effective when groups have meaningful social interaction, equal social status, a shared goal, and __ support.

community

The Socio-contextual Model examines the __ that disadvantage some people based on social group memberships.

contexts

Health disparities resulting from stigma can lead to poorer physical and mental health due to __, social isolation, and less access to resources.

stress

Stereotype threat is caused by extra stress or __ in performance.

distraction

A key intervention for stigma, developed for minority college students, is known as __.

Belonging Intervention

The term __ refers to the wealth disparity experienced between typical Black and White families.

Racial Wealth Gap

__ is the process of seeing people as distinct individuals rather than as group members.

Decategorization

__ is the tendency to explain away counter-stereotypical examples as "exceptions" rather than changing the overall stereotype.

Subtyping