2: Social Categorization, Stereotyping, and Discrimination

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    Learning Objectives
    • Describe the fundamental process of social categorization and its influence on thoughts, feelings, and behavior.
    • Define stereotypes and describe the ways that stereotypes are measured.
    • Review the ways that stereotypes influence our behavior.
    • Review the causes and outcomes of ingroup favoritism.
    • Summarize the results of Henri Tajfel's research on minimal groups.
    • Outline the personality and cultural variables that influence ingroup favoritism.
    • Review the causes of discrimination and the ways that we can reduce it.
    • Summarize the conditions under which intergroup contact does or does not reduce prejudice and discrimination.

    Source

    Stangor, C., Jhangiani, R., & Tarry, H. (2014). Stereotypes, prejudice, and discrimination. In C. Stangor (Ed.), Principles of social psychology (1st int'l ed.). BCcampus. Retrieved February 13, 2020, from https://opentextbc.ca/socialpsychology/ part/chapter-12-stereotypes-prejudice-and-discrimination/

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    KEY TERMS

    authoritarianism

    black sheep effect

    bogus pipeline procedure

    common ingroup identity

    contact hypothesis

    discrimination

    extended-contact hypothesis

    feelings of social identity

    group-serving bias

    Implicit Association Test (IAT)

    ingroup favoritism

    interdependence

    jigsaw classroom

    outgroup homogeneity

    prejudice

    social categorization

    social dominance orientation (SDO)

    stereotype

    stereotype threat

    superordinate goals

    ultimate attribution error

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