Prejudice, Discrimination & Stereotyping[Instructor Name]

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Overview

• Introduction • Old-fashioned Biases: Almost Gone• 20th Century Biases: Subtle but Significant• 21st Century Biases: It’s Complicated

IntroductionDo people misunderstand you? Unfairly categorize you? How?

Overview

• Introduction • Old-fashioned Biases: Almost Gone• 20th Century Biases: Subtle but Significant• 21st Century Biases: It’s Complicated

Old-fashioned Biases – Almost Gone

Blatant Biases: Conscious beliefs, feelings, and behavior that people are perfectly willing to admit, are mostly hostile, and openly favor their own group.

Old-fashioned Biases – Almost Gone

Social Dominance Orientation: Belief that group hierarchies are inevitable in all societies and even a good idea to maintain order and stability.

Old-fashioned Biases – Almost Gone

Right-wing Authoritarianism: Endorses respect for obedience and authority in the service of group conformity, and focuses on group unity over individual rights.

Old-fashioned Biases – Almost GoneSocial Dominance

OrientationRight-Wing

Authoritarianism

Core Belief Groups compete for economic resources

Group values trump all else

Intergroup Belief

Group hierarchies are inevitable, good

Groups must follow authority

in-group Belief in-group must be tough, competitive

in-group must unite, protect

out-group Belief

“They” are trying to beat “us” “They” have bad ideas

Overview

• Introduction • Old-fashioned Biases: Almost Gone• 20th Century Biases: Subtle but Significant• 21st Century Biases: It’s Complicated

20th Century Biases

Subtle Biases: Unexamined and sometimes unconscious biases with real consequences.

Automatic

Ambiguous

Ambivalent

20th Century Biases: Automatic

Own-Group Preference and the IAT

20th Century Biases: Ambiguous

Social Identity Theory

Self-categorization Theory

Aversive Racism

In“We”

In“We”

Out“They”

Out“They”

Out“They”

Out“They”

Out“They”

Out“They”

20th Century Biases: Ambivalent

Stereotype Content Model Warm Cold Competent Incompetent

20th Century Biases: Ambivalent

Competent + Cold Incompetent + Warm

20th Century Biases: SummaryBias Type Example What It Shows

AutomaticImplicit Association Test

People link “good” & in-group, “bad” & out-group

Ambiguous

Social Identity Theory

People favor in-group, distance from out-group

Self-categorization Theory

Same but emphasizes self as member of in-group

Aversive Racism People avoid out-group, avoid their own prejudices

AmbivalentStereotype Content Model

People divide groups by warmth and competence

Overview

• Introduction • Old-fashioned Biases: Almost Gone• 20th Century Biases: Subtle but Significant• 21st Century Biases: It’s Complicated

21st Century Biases

What are you?

Appendix A

Activity:In-group/Out-group Issues

in Politics

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