Ch 13-Prejudice

Beliefs about social groups used to make inferences, predictions, and attributions about individuals

• Differential treatment based on perceived group membership
• -Negative behavior toward outgroup or preferential treatment of ingroup

• -When ambiguity is high
• -Excessive cognitive demands
• -Situational “excuses” are present
• -When self-esteem is threatened or reduced
• -Emotional arousal
• -Group (vs. individual) interactions
• -Unfamiliar vs. familiar targets

• -Segregation
• -Education
• -Language
• -Media sources

intense or irrational dislike or fear of people from other countries