Chapter 13 Student Resources


Flashcards

Key Terms

Prejudice

attitudes and emotions (typically negative) about the members of some group on the basis of their membership of that group.

Discrimination

negative behaviour directed towards the members of some other group.

Stereotype

an unrealistically simple generalisation concerning some group in society.

Authoritarian personality

a personality type including rigid beliefs, intolerance of ambiguity, submissiveness towards authority, and hostility towards outgroups.

Ingroup bias

the tendency to view one’s own group(s) more favourably than other groups

Recategorisation

merging the ingroup and outgroup to form a single large ingroup.