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Module 77
UNIT 9 Prejudice and Discrimination
Term | Definition |
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Prejudice | an unjustifiable (and usually negative) attitude toward a group and its members. Prejudice generally involves stereotyped beliefs, negative feelings, and a predisposition to discriminatory action. |
Stereotype | a generalized (sometimes accurate but often overgeneralized) belief about a group of people. |
Discrimination | unjustifiable negative behavior toward a group and its members. |
Just-World Phenomenon | the tendency for people to believe the world is just and that people therefore get what they deserve and deserve what they get. |
Ingroup | "us"--people with whom we share a common identity. |
Outgroup | "them"--those perceived as different or apart from our ingroup. |
Ingroup Bias | the tendency to favor our own group. |
Scapegoat Theory | the theory that prejudice offers an outlet for anger by providing someone to blame. |
Other-Race Effect | the tendency to recall faces of one's own race more accurately than faces of other races. Also called the cross-race effect and the own-race bias. |