Pysch Chp 8
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| Attitude | An evaluation a person makes about an object, person, group event or issue. This definition indicates that we can form attitudes towards anything.
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| Affective Component | The affective component refers to the emotional reactions or feelings an individual has towards an object, person, group, event or issue.
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| Behavioural Component | The behavioural component refers to the way in which an attitude is expressed through our actions.
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| Cognitive Component | The cognitive component refers to the beliefs we have about an object, person, group, event or issue. Our beliefs are linked to what we know about the world.
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| Stereotype | A stereotype is a collection of beliefs that we have about the people who belong to a certain group, regardless of individual differences among members of that group.
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| Prejudice | Prejudice is often defined as holding a negative attitude towards the members of a group, based solely on their membership of that group.
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| Discrimination | Discrimination refers to positive or negative behaviour that is directed towards a social group or its members. Discrimination represents the behavioural component with regards to attitude.
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| Old fashioned prejudice | Old fashioned prejudice is a form of prejudice in which members of the majority group openly reject minority group members and their views towards the minority group are obvious and recognisable to others.
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| Modern prejudice | Modern prejudice is described as a form of prejudice which is more subtle, hidden and expressed in ways more likely accepted within the majority group.
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| Intergroup contact (in reducing prejudice) | prejudice can be reduced by increasing intergroup contact; that is, increasing direct contact between two groups who are prejudiced against each other.
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| Sustained contact (in reducing prejudice) | Sustained contact involves ongoing contact either directly or indirectly over a period of time. Sustained contact is used to break down a stereotype that was substantially based on minimal information obtained from other secondary sources.
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| Mutual interdependence (in reducing prejudice) | If 2 rival groups who dislike and are prejudice against eachother are placed in a contact situation in which they are dependent on each other - there is greater likelihood that the rivalry and negative stereotypes can be reduced.
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| Super-ordinate goals (in reducing prejudice) | A superordinate goal is a goal that cannot be achieved by any one group alone and overrides other existing goals which each group might have. Superordinate goals can be used to reduce prejudice.
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| Equality (in reducing prejudice) | When members of 2 groups perceive their own group and the other group as being equally important, they would be described as having an equality of status.
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| Cognitive interventions (in reducing prejudice) | Cognitive intervention involves changing the way in which someone thinks about prejudice. e.g. asking a prejudice person to consider prejudice from the victim's perspective or to have their negative stereotypes challenged or broken down.
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| Cognitive Dissonance | Refers to a situation involving attitudes, beliefs or behaviours. This produces a feeling of discomfort leading to an alteration in one of the attitudes, beliefs or behaviours to reduce the discomfort and restore balance.
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| Racial segregation | A social system that provides separate facilities for minority groups, e.g. in public transportation and hotels and restaurants and other public places.
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| Contact hypothesis (in reducing prejudice) | If one has the opportunity to communicate with others, they are able to understand and appreciate different points of views involving their way of life. As a result of new appreciation and understanding, prejudice should diminish.
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| Inconsistent Attitude | Refers to when we say one thing and do another; our attitudes don't really predict our behavior. Have you ever caught yourself or observed someone else behaving in ways at odds with what you've /they've said?
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