1prejudice
A unjustifiable positive or negative belief towards some social aggregate or outgroup
2Stereotype
Schema that fits with a social group
3Discrimination
Behavior, usually negative directed toward a person based on their assumed membership in a category
4Schema
Network of ideas/attributes
5Minority group
A group with less power and status
6Ethnocentrism
A belief that your ethnic group and culture is better than every other ethnic group
7Psychodynamic Theory period
Period 3: Prejudice is from empathy. Women have no empathy
8Old fashion racist
racist and proud
9Modern racist
Hiding racism in political beliefs
10White ambivalence
A justification for stereotypes
11Ambivalence amplification
Being faced with someone marginalized and treating them with extremes
12Outgroup homogeneity
the perception that all members of a particular outgroup are identical to each other
13Automaticity
Unconscious thought
14Salience
How noticeable an aspect that categorizes you is
15Cognitive accentuation
Maximizing the differences between groups while minimizing the differences within groups
16Active bigot
Racist and proud
17All weather liberal
no prejudice or discrimination
18Timid bigot
prejudiced but does not discriminate
19Reluctant bigot
People who discriminate to fit in
20Hypothesis
Statement of relationship between two or more variables
21Theory
Broader generalization than a hypothesis to explain
22Paradigm
Broader generalization than a hypothesis and theory to explain
23Behaviorism
the science of behavior that focuses on observable behavior only
24Humanistic
Humans are born good and with free will
25Cognitive
Using scientific techniques to test humans
26Physiological
Testing with shocks and neurons
27Evolutionary
how the natural selection of traits has promoted the survival of genes
28Scientific racism period
Period one: No racism. IQ tests prove whites are the best
29Race prejudice period
Period two: Black people are helpless and should be patronized. Social distance scale
30Imperical
Based on observations
31Social distance scale
Studied prejudice by how much you avoided an outgroup
32Prejudice personality period
Period 4: Racism is a mental disorder. Included anti-democratic personality
33Anti-democratic personality
Personality that could lead to a dictator
34Anti-democratic personality shared traits
Antisemitic, racist, sexist, and conservatives
35Socio-Cultural period
Period 5: The environment makes us prejudice
36Allport's contact hypothesis
Mixing races removes racism (not true)
37Cognitive thought period
Period 6: Everyone has a varying level of prejudice
38Cognitive misers
We want the most of an interaction while putting in the least work
39Physiological psychology period
Period 7: Prejudice can be detected with blood pressure and heart rate
40Consentual stereotype
Stereotype shared with society
41Self report measuring technique
Questionnaire. Common to lie
42Unobtrusive behavior measuring technique
Behaviors that the participant isn't aware of. They have to be unaware
43Psychological measuring technique
Responses without conscious control. Expensive and needs extensive training.
44Implicit Cognition measuring technique
Responses that occur without conscious control. False negatives and positives
45Reactivity
Altering behavior due to being observed