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Displacement / scapegoat theory • People require frustration, cant release frustration
against source of restraint,
Authoritarian personality theory • Form of pshychopahtology. See black or white.
Chant change mind
• General hostility and distrust
Scared of everything
• Categorization and stereotyping theory Catagatorize someone as a member of group
Believe in negative characteristics of toup
Assign characteristic of group to single person
• Socialization and conformity theory • Prejudice is attributed to social culture learning
• Perceived racial threat theory (self-interest theory) • Minorities are precieved to be a
threat to the social cultural and economic position of the mail streeen]]
• Contact theory prejudice is the result of lack of equal status contact
• Value systems, cultural norms and ideologies • Prejudice believes are integral to the
American value system
• People who are prejudice are unable to live up to standards of American Creed.
• Realistic conflict theory Prejudice is born of direct competition for resources
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segregation Separation or isolation of a group or individual in a restricted area by
discriminatory means. Segregation results in members of the group, or an individual, receiving
treatment that is different from other people.
(Datillo, 1999)
exclusion nvolves ignoring someone's physical and social presence.(negative)
• Seclusion involves individuals being left alone but being able to maintain verification of
their value. (positive)
A. Stigma Undesired differentness which separates the person from others in a society. A
stigma is not merely a difference, but a characteristic that deeply discredits a person's moral
character.
(Goffman, 1963)
B. Deviancy: defined by social norms A person is considered deviant if he or she is
perceived to be significantly different from others in some important characteristic and if this
difference is negatively valued.
(Wolfensberger, 1972).
A. Self-fulfilling prophecy A person's expectation for another person's behavior can
become an accurate prediction of the person's behaviors simply because it exists. The Labeling
of person may result in th person's behavior being constant with the label
internalized oppression • The tendency of minority people to accept negative stereotyping
about themselves is referred to as internalized oppression. Internalized oppression occurs when
an individual comes to accept these stereotypical beliefs as truths and acts upon them.
B. Spread phenomenon An association of additional "imperfection" to a person on the
basis of the actual "disabling" condition.
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C. Overexaggeration assumption Overestimating or "overexagerating" of the extent to
which a person's condition affects his or her life.
Architectural Barriers act of 1968 If you build something with federal fund, must be
accessable
- The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 cant be discriminated under any program or activity
receiving Federal financial assistance or under any program or activity conducted by any
Executive agency or by the United States Postal Service.
- The Education for all Handicapped Children Act of 1975 School must be accessible
Americans with Disabilties Act is a civil rights law that is intended to eliminate
discrimination against people with disabilities by the guarantee of equal opportunities, full
community participation, enhanced independent living, heightened self sufficiency, and access to
every critical area of American life. -Private club or religious organization does not have to
follow. Wont be tax exempt though
All state and local public accommodations and services (either public, private or commercial)
must be accessible to persons with disabilities, and they must be accessible in the most integrated
ways possible.
ADA Title I Employment
ADA title IIA Government
ADA Title IIB Public Transit