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| an organized and relatively unchanging combination of a persons knowledge and feelings about someone or something that influences him/her to behave in a certain way in regard to that person or thing. |
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| refers to groups of people with common ancestry and physical characteristics. no pure race remain. some people prefer to discuss group differences under ethnicity. |
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| refers to shared culture and background. members of an ethnic group usually have common ancestry and generally share language, religion, and other cultural patterns. |
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| the act of regarding ones culture as the center of the universe and is the basis for all comparisons with other cultures. |
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| an adverse judgment formed beforehand or without knowledge of or examination of the facts: bias. |
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| a way of thinking and acting based on tradition. learned behavior passed down from one generation to another. |
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| to act on the basis of prejudice. |
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ethnocentrism provides a source of egotistic satisfaction, through comparing other with oneself
stereotype and categorical treatment afford a convenient grouping for people of whom one is ignorant. lumping such people together under a popular stereotyped description saves time and thought, and affords convenient grouping.
scapegoat provides a convenient group or person to blame when things go wrong in ones personal life or in the community.
projection provides an outlet for projecting ones tensions and frustrations onto other people.
authoritarian personality symbolizes ones affiliation with a more dominant group.
societal strain (fear and insecurity ) owes justification for various types of discrimination, which are thought to be of advantage to the dominant group. |
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four basic feelings of most prejudiced persons
superiority |
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| self assured feeling on the part of certain individuals that they are superior or better than others which is frequently expressed in inappropriate jokes. |
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four basic feelings of most prejudiced persons
others are strange and different |
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| feeling that the other group is alien or different which promotes the social exclusion of members of a particular group and blocks any acceptance of a person on individual merit. |
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four basic feelings of most prejudiced persons
proprietary claims |
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| a belief that as a member of the group, the individual is entitled to exclusive or prior rights in a certain area. |
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four basic feelings of most prejudiced persons
fear |
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| fear is basic to prejudice. it excites the emotions to the point of overshadowing rational judgment. a belief that someone is trying to intrude and threatens the things that belong to us. |
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| racial, ethnic, gender, national origin, political affiliation, authority figures, sexual orientation, handicapped, religious, age, economic/occupation, weight, individual personal preferences. |
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| key functions of discrimination |
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tends to reinforce prejudice concerning the groups alleged inferiority.
discrimination by any group limits the other groups effectiveness in business, education, policitical office, and so forth.
affords any avenue to economic exploitation of the group being discriminated against. |
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