PrejudiceSlide 2Nature of PrejudicePowerPoint PresentationDiscriminationRoots of PrejudiceUnderground PrejudicePrejudicePrejudice: drawing negative conclusions prior to evaluating the evidenceStereotype: a belief (positive or negative) about a group’s characteristics that we apply to most members of that groupMental shortcutSome may be accurate, but others are due to illusory correlations and the confirmation biasPrejudiceStereotypes can result in the ultimate attribution error, or attributing negative behavior of some group entirely to their disposition • Also attribute positive behaviors to luck or as rare exceptionsNature of PrejudiceAdaptive conservatism - better safe than sorryIn-group bias means that we favor those within our group compared to those withoutOut-group homogeneity is the tendency to view people outside of our group as similarDiscriminationThe act of treating members of out-groups differently from members of in-groupsWe can be prejudiced against people without discriminating against themCreating discriminationRoots of PrejudiceScapegoat hypothesis – arises from a need to blame other groups for our misfortunesJust-world hypothesis – implies that we have a need to see the world as fair, even if notConformity – going along with others’ opinionsUnderground PrejudiceWhile explicit prejudice are feelings we’re aware of, we’re unaware of implicit prejudice The Implicit Association
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