Ch. 9

pre-concieved judgment of a group

belief about the attributes of a group

negative behaivor toward a group

discriminatory behavior or prejudice against race/gender

prejudice that happens w/out control

• benevelont (good)
• hostile (bad)

frustration of one's goals lead to aggression

competition between groups over scarce resources

notion that the world is fair and just

we seek positive self concept by differntiating roups we belong tofrom those we don't

Favoring ingroup more

tendency for people to accurately recognize face of their own race

group serving bias

explaining away outgroup members positive behaviorsm attributing negative behaviors to their dispositions

perception that outgroup members are more similer to another than ingroup members "they are alike, we are diverse"