Prejudice, Stereotyping, and Discrimination Worksheet (ONLY 5-15 Not full worksheet)
Prejudice, Stereotyping, and Discrimination Worksheet PSYCH/620 Version 2 University of Phoenix Material Prejudice, Stereotyping, and Discrimination Worksheet Define each concept in the “Concept Name” column based on the provided definition. Definition Concept Name Judgments based on positive and negative perceptions of a social group Reacting to a person as though he or she was an indistinguishable member of a particular social group Acting on cognitive expectations and emotional reactions to a person’s perceived membership in a particular social group Bias affirms the satisfaction of belonging to the right groups; individual autonomy is balanced against group identity. Bringing about the behavior in others that a biased perceiver expects The degree to which one accepts a hierarchy in which some groups rightfully have a commanding influence over others Similar to fundamental attribution error, as applied to groups Attributing negative encounters with others to membership in a stigmatized group or others’ biases against the stigmatized group to which one belongs Biases assigned to a person without intention, awareness, effort, or control, often based on subliminal cues Economic, political, military, or prestige-related threats to ingroup advantage that result in negative intergroup reactions Applying one’s cognitive expectations and associations about a group to a person Prejudice that is cool, indirect, automatic, unconscious, unintentional, and often gives reason for the perceiver to deny any bias Legitimizing current social arrangements, even at the expense of the individual or the group An explanation for a judgment that is used to excuse one’s actual bias Overt, explicit forms of bias that emphasize belonging to an ingroup and controlling outgroups The value one places on one’s social groups or perceived membership in various social groups Reacting emotionally to an individual based on one’s feelings about the group to which one believes that person belongs The perception that the world is a dangerous place, which creates fear, hostility, and moral superiority and justifies aggression against perceived threats from outgroups The part of one’s self-concept that derives from his or her group membership Copyright © 2016, 2012 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved.