Definitions from Theory of Counseling Class

most often refers to individual and group differences based on race and ethnicity

categorization of individuals based on skin color and other physical attributes, historical geographic origin, and the perceptions of the dominant group

is an individual’s identification with a group based on culture, nationalism, citizenship, or interactions of race, religion, and sociopolitical history

is used to describe group and individual differences based on other dimensions of differences, as well as race and ethnicity

is the characteristic values, behaviors, products, and worldviews of a group of people with a distinct sociohistorical context

a collection of people who share physical, cultural, or social characteristics within one of the categories of social identity.

negative generalizations about social identity groups and group members.

are judgments of social identity groups or group members made without adequate information or contact

Discrimination

is behavior by one social identity group that causes harm to members of other social identity groups

defined as unearned access to resources that is readily available to members of agent groups.