Terms
when we ascribe a group’s characteristics to an individual believed to belong to that group
What is Stereotype?
How we form attitudes (ie: classical conditioning, operant conditioning, and modeling)
What is Social Learning?
The tendency to ignore information that disputes our expectations and are more likely to remember stereotype-consistent information
What is Confirmation Bias?
Chris doesn't like the idea of people from different countries coming to America. He thinks that immigrants are trying to steal his job. This is an example of ___.
What is Realistic Conflict?
Classical conditioning suggests that if a UCS is negative the UCR will also be ____.
Negative
A negative attitude
What is Prejudice?
Part of decreasing prejudice that involves surrounding yourself in a different environment/culture/beliefs than that of your own.
The tendency to make different attributions for success and failure for in-group versus out-group members
What is Ultimate Attribution Error?
Jessica is a student at Harvard University. She thinks that Harvard is full of students with unique aspirations and end goals. Jessica also thinks that all community college students didn't work hard enough to get into an Ivy League school like herself. This is an example of ____.
What is Outgroup Homogeneity
20th Century Biases are described to be both Automatic and ___.
What is Ambivalent?
behavior directed at a person based on their group membership
What is Discrimination?
Part of decreasing prejudice that involves cooperative work with people that have different backgrounds than your own to reach a certain goal.
What is Jigsaw Classroom?
The tendency for people to view ingroup members as more diverse than outgroup members
What is Outgroup Homogeneity?
Emily has a bad habit of not picking up her phone. Jane notices this throughout the week whenever she tries to call. To make up for it, Emily calls Jane back every single time. Jane thinks Emily is a bad friend because she only remembers the times Emily didn't pick up. This is an example of ___.
What is Confirmation Bias?
20th Century Biases are considered modern racism/sexism while Old Fashioned Biases are considered ____ ____.
The classification of ingroups and outgroups
What is Social Categorization?
an occurrence in which minority group members experience an apprehension that they may behave in a manner that confirms existing cultural stereotypes.
What is Stereotype Threat?
Unexamined and sometimes unconscious biases with real consequences
What is 20th Century Biases?
Steven is waiting for the new Minecraft update to download. He thinks that if he pretends not to care about it, it'll load faster. This is an example of ____.
What is Illusory Correlation?
What are the three types of Social Learning in stereotypes?
Operant Conditioning, Classical Conditioning, and Modeling
The overestimation of the association between variables that are only slightly or not at all correlated
What is Illusory Correlation?
When there is self-interest due to direct competition for (perceived) limited resources
What is Realistic Conflict Theory?
Conscious beliefs, feelings, and behavior that people are perfectly willing to admit, are mostly hostile and openly favor their own group
What are Old-Fashioned Biases?
Susie is female. When she is around her three brothers and they discuss calculus, Susie doesn’t join in the conversation as she thinks she’s just not as good at math as they are. This is an example of ___.
What is Stereotype Threat?
What are the three factors of stereotyping and prejudice?
What is Social Learning, Cognitive Biases, and Motivational Factors?