PPT-Stereotypes and Prejudice

Stereotypes Categorizing a group of people False comments made about others Usually negative Are generalizations EXAMPLE all young people who wear hoodies are thugs What do you think of this. Keith Maddox. Department of Psychology. Tufts University. University of Texas at Austin. November 3, . 2011. Overview. Definitions:. Social Psychology / Social Cognition . Stereotypes, Prejudice, and Discrimination. H. ow does society create stereotypes and what do we do about it?. Students will be identify the various types of stereotyping and discrimination. . Students will be able to identify targets, perpetrators, allies and bystanders in a moment . COM 372. Exercise. Where did you see prejudice (specifically, racism)?. Where does “racism” lie?. Who can be racist (sexist, etc.)?. What are some possible causes of racism?. Individual/Cognitive Level. What’s in a Word or Symbol?. Racism . is a negative behaviour based on an incorrect assumption that one race is inherently superior to others. . Discrimination . is unfair actions directed against people based on their race, gender, ethnicity, nationality, language or sexual orientation. . Prejudice, Racism, and Discrimination. A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices…. William James. . The less secure a man is, the more likely he is to have extreme prejudices…. . . www. . t. ikvahedu.ro. What is identity?. What are the most important things . making up . your identity?. “. Men and women are not only themselves; they are also the region in which they were born, the city apartment or the farm in which they learnt to walk, the games they played as children, the tales they overheard, the food they ate, the schools they attended, the sports they followed, the poets they read and the God they believed in.”. 6. . Prejudice. Taylor, Copyright 2006, Prentice Hall. . Learning. . Prejudice. . Motives. . for. . Prejudice. . Cognitive. . Bases. of . Prejudice. . The. . Changing. . Face. of . WHAT IS A STEREOTYPE?. A fixed, commonly held notion or image of a person or group, based on an oversimplification of some observed or imagined trait of behavior or appearance.. EXPRESSION OF STEREOTYPE. All images are from Google . I. mages unless otherwise noted. WHY . DO WE LABEL?. *. ARE LABELS GOOD OR BAD?. Do some groups have more power than others?. Are there people who can be in more than one group?. How stereotypes can separate us from each other and ways we can break down the barriers.. What can you tell me about this person?. What can you tell me about this person?. What can you tell me about this person?. Although its harmful effects are experienced most acutely by its targets, everyone is negatively affected by prejudice. The study of prejudice has been a central focus of social psychology for most of the last century . attitudes. , prejudice. Content. Social. . perception. and . cognition. Attitudes. Prejudice and . stereotypes. Social. . perception. and . cognition. Definition. : „. A . process. . through. . What about prejudice and racism?. Do you think it is possible to be free of prejudice, discrimination and/or racism? Explain!. Bell Ringer!. Have you ever . felt like someone judged you before they really . Prej. vs. stereotypes vs. discrimination. Does it have to be negative?. Does it have to be held by high status group?. Is it implicit or explicit or both? (IAT. ?). Blatant vs. subtle? . How can it be measured? .