PSYC 140 Exam 3 Study Guide
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, - "Overt" prejudice and
discrimination (like separate
buses/bathrooms. dec w time but
now subtle prejudice is bigger)
types of - "Subtle" prejudice and
prejudice discrimination (leaks out - can be
from well-intentioned ppl who
know of social disapproval of prej.
they're prej but monitor -
ambiguity or anonymity give
protection)
, - Ambivalent racism
• Clashing values: egalitarianism,
individualism ( first is about
disadvantaged ppl, deserve "help"
to get to the top, but individualism
says work their way to the top
- Aversive racism
types of racism
• White ppl who endorse
egalitarian values and consider
themselves unprejudiced, still
harbor negative feelings
• less conscious and more subtle,
indirect
• Rationalizable, therefore not
obviously prejudice
, - Compare Colgate University
students, 1989 and 1999
• Racial attitudes questionnaire;
evaluate candidate for peer
counseling program (there was a
good candidate, medium and bad)
• Overt prejudice dropped from
1.84 to 1.54 (1-5)
• Subtle prejudice did not change
research on over time
aversive racism • for the bad candidates, both got
(inc? dec?) and bad recs, for the good ones, both
implications got a lot, for the middle one there
was a difference (rec white guy
more)
- implications
- Expression of prejudice is
influenced by social norms
- Different ways of measuring
prejudice may well yield different
answers
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Terms in this set (132)
, - "Overt" prejudice and
discrimination (like separate
buses/bathrooms. dec w time but
now subtle prejudice is bigger)
types of - "Subtle" prejudice and
prejudice discrimination (leaks out - can be
from well-intentioned ppl who
know of social disapproval of prej.
they're prej but monitor -
ambiguity or anonymity give
protection)
, - Ambivalent racism
• Clashing values: egalitarianism,
individualism ( first is about
disadvantaged ppl, deserve "help"
to get to the top, but individualism
says work their way to the top
- Aversive racism
types of racism
• White ppl who endorse
egalitarian values and consider
themselves unprejudiced, still
harbor negative feelings
• less conscious and more subtle,
indirect
• Rationalizable, therefore not
obviously prejudice
, - Compare Colgate University
students, 1989 and 1999
• Racial attitudes questionnaire;
evaluate candidate for peer
counseling program (there was a
good candidate, medium and bad)
• Overt prejudice dropped from
1.84 to 1.54 (1-5)
• Subtle prejudice did not change
research on over time
aversive racism • for the bad candidates, both got
(inc? dec?) and bad recs, for the good ones, both
implications got a lot, for the middle one there
was a difference (rec white guy
more)
- implications
- Expression of prejudice is
influenced by social norms
- Different ways of measuring
prejudice may well yield different
answers
