Social Psychology
Canadian Edition
by David G. Myers & Steven J. Spencer
Part Three
Social Relations
Chapter Nine
Prejudice: Disliking Others
The nature and power of prejudice
• What is prejudice?
• How pervasive is prejudice?
– Racial prejudice
– Gender prejudice
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Social sources of prejudice
• Social inequalities
– Unequal status and prejudice
– Religion and prejudice
– Discrimination’s impact: The self-fulfilling
prophecy
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Social sources of prejudice
• Social identity
– Ingroup bias
• Conformity
• Institutional supports
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Emotional sources of prejudice
• Frustration and aggression: The scapegoat
theory
• Personality Dynamics
– Need for status and belonging
– The authoritarian personality
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Cognitive sources of prejudice
• Categorization
– Perceived similarities and differences
• Distinctive stimuli
– Distinctive people
– Vivid cases
– Distinctive events
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Cognitive sources of prejudice
• Attribution: Is it a just world?
– Group-serving bias
– The just-world phenomenon
• Cognitive consequences of stereotypes
– Are stereotypes self-perpetuating?
– Do stereotypes bias judgments of individuals?
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