PPT-Theories of Prejudice

Gordon Allport The human mind must think with the aid of categoriesOnce formed categories are the basis for normal prejudgment We cannot possibly avoid this process Orderly living depends upon it p20 from . Chapter 9 Section 3. Prejudice. Widely held negative attitudes toward a group and its individual members. Can be both minority and majority. Racism. Extreme form of prejudice that assumes superiority of one group over others. 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. How does Prejudice Develop?. Like other attitudes, prejudice is primarily influenced by learning processes, including repeated exposure. For example, children hear many prejudiced views expressed by parents, other adults and peers and they may adopt these views. Children can also learn prejudices through the subtle messages conveyed in the media about groups in our society.. 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. . Questions:. As our society becomes more diverse, does stereotyping, prejudice, discrimination and racism increase or decrease?. What forms of racism, discrimination and prejudice have occurred in world history? Why? . Defining terminology. Race:. Belief that observable differences in skin color (and other perceived physical attributes) are connected to other differences between people; believed by many to be biological, but really there is nothing biologically different about people of different races. . by Jane Austen. Background Notes. "There are a few Typical errors--& a 'said he' or a 'said she' would sometimes make the Dialogue more immediately clear--but 'I do not write for such dull Elves As have not a great deal of Ingenuity themselves.'". How many ways are there to discriminate against people?. List all the ways you can think . of.. What problems are caused by prejudice?. What is the difference between prejudice and discrimination?. Prejudice. . . 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.”. Individual Differences. Situational factors. Cultural Factors. Factors . affecting prejudice . What factors can you think of?. Realistic conflict theory – what were the factors affecting prejudice?. Pride and Prejudice. A Story of Love, Deception, Misunderstanding, and Sententious . T. wits. Jane Austen, 1775-1817. The Move from Bath to . Chawton. Chawton. Cottage. Publication History of . Pride and Prejudice. Tajfel. (1971). How many ways are there to discriminate against people?. List all the ways you can think of.. What problems are caused by prejudice?. What is the difference between prejudice and discrimination?. List all the ways you can think . of.. What problems are caused by prejudice?. Learning objective. Define and explain Prejudice, Discrimination and Stereotyping. Explain . Tajfel’s. Social Identity Theory as an explanation of prejudice. Jane Austen. Quick Facts about Jane Austen. Austen was born in 1775. She was born in Hampshire, England. Jane never married and never had any children. Famous works:. . Sense and Sensibility. (1811).