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Psych 495 Ch 6 Lists
Lists from the Text Chapter 06
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- bogus pipeline research - physiological and implicit cognition measures - assessments of behavior - self-report - day-to-day experience of outgroup members | 5 sources of evidence that prejudice still exists |
- change in racial attitudes since WWII - learning prejudiced beliefs through socialization | 2 social processes that lead to the contradiction between people's overall nonprejudice and sometimes prejudiced day-to-day behavior |
- white belief in white superiority - belief in rightness of segregation - keeping blacks distant, separate and subordinate as their "place" - laws + government: segregated education; voter suppression; etc. | 3 components of Jim Crow racism |
- desegregation of armed forces - first proposal of voting rights and equal opportunity - cold war raised comparison of not granting equal rights to all citizens, as in soviet Russia - Brown vs. Board of Education | 2 events that communicated that prejudice was no longer an acceptable American value |
- genuine change in direction of belief in principle of equality - not everyone has accepted this norm to the same degree - even those who have not yet fully accepted the norm are motivated to act in non-prejudiced ways | 3 propositions of theories on new form of prejudice (cool, distant and indirect) |
- modern symbolic prejudice - aversive prejudice - racial ambivalence | 3 theories of contemporary prejudice |
- prejudice and discr. no longer exist - remaining economic differences result from black failure to work - failure to work invalidates continued black anger - black people seek special favors - black people have been getting more than they deserve | 5 themes that justify opposition to social policies that promote intergroup equality while still endorsing equality as an abstract |
- scores on measures of modern symbolic prejudice correlate with scores on measures of anti-black affect - trends in historical data show that feelings haven't changed about black people themselves as they changed about racial equality | 2 lines of research that support the role of anti-black affect in modern-symbolic prejudice |
- equality of opportunity - equality of outcome | 2 meanings of equality |
- mild to moderate anti-black emotions - belief in traditional values - low outcome based egalitarianism - group self-interest - little personal knowledge of black people | 5 factors underlying modern-symbolic prejudice |
- anxiety and discomfort at interaction; quick disengagement - stick to rules + codes of behavior when required, some overcompensating - express neg. feelings in subtle, rational ways that may disadvantage minorities or unfairly benefit majority | 3 behaviors that reflect aversive racism |
- predisposition to cognitive categorization - need to control environment, to ensure positive outcomes for self + ingroups - socialization of dual value systems of racist traditions vs racial fairness, justice and equality | 3 psychological underpinnings for aversive prejudice |
- avoidance of intergroup contact - overly positive intergroup behavior when politeness is called for - pro-white bias in ambiguous situations - discrimination when the behavior can be justified - derogation of minorities with high status positions | 5 predictions of behavior due to aversive prejudice |
- negative stereotypes + experiences leading to expect negative response - lack of knowledge leading to uncertainty how to behave - concern over stigma by association | possible sources for the anxiety of aversive racism |
- individualism - personal responsibility, hard work leading to success, self-reliance, improving one's lot in life - egalitarianism, humanitarianism, helping the disadvantaged. | 2 sets of values important to ambivalent prejudice |
- deviant; behave in ways that make it hard to fit in "proper" American society - disadvantaged; less well off, economically and socially | 2 white beliefs about blacks that are important to ambivalent racism theory |
- liking - respect | 2 central concepts people use when evaluating people or groups |
- threat to self-image because only one value system can be honored - cognitive dissonance | 2 themes of psychological conflict of ambivalent prejudice |