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Stereotype |
An oversimplified, generalised set of ideas that we have of others. Most stereotypes are negative but some can also be positive. |
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How do stereotypes apply to our everyday life? |
> They can stop us seeing the real person when we meet them for the first time >They can promote harmful images >We might make mistakes about people |
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Prejudice |
A rigid set of beliefs or attitudes towards a particular set of people |
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Discrimination |
The way an individual behaves towards another person or group of people as a result of their prejudice view. This can involve speaking to them in a different manner, paying them differently, ignoring them, using an unfriendly tone of voice` |
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What is the difference between prejudice and discrimination? |
Prejudice is the attitude whereas Discrimination is an actual action |
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What is prejudice caused by? |
1) Authoritarian Personality (Adorno 1950) 2)Competition (Sherif 1961) 3) In-groups and Out-groups (Tajfel 1961) |
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How do you reduce prejudice? |
1) Co-operating a joint task (Sherif 1961) 2) The jigsaw method (Aronson 2000) 3) Making people experience discrimination (Elliott 1970) 4) Contact with grandparents (Harwood 2003) |