1. What are Stereotypes, Prejudice, and Discrimination?
Prejudice – pre-judgment
a negative learned attitude toward a group of people
Discrimination – negative behaviors directed at a specific group of people
A Class Divided

2. What are Stereotypes, Prejudice, and Discrimination?
Stereotype – a general belief about a group of people
Differs from prejudice in that it can have positive or negative connotations
Representative Heuristic

3. What are Stereotypes, Prejudice, and Discrimination? (continued)
Racism – discrimination directed at a specific racial group
Sexism – discrimination directed at a specific gender
Ageism – discrimination directed at various age groups

4. Sexism
Gender Roles - set of social and behavioral norms that are generally considered appropriate for either a man or a woman in a social or interpersonal relationship.
Gender stereotypes – people’s ideas about how men and women should behave
What messages do children get about "boy" and "girl" activities?

5. Studies suggest that children learn traditional gender roles from a young age.

6. Sexism (continued)
Hostile sexism – feeling resentful and openly derogatory toward the abilities of women
Benevolent sexism – when men behave in ways that appear chivalrous, but can also communicate to negative female stereotypes

7. Covert Measures The Implicit Association Test (IAT)
Students are shown pictures of different faces
Positive or negative words are presented
The time it takes to pair word with faces is measured
Findings – people tend to have implicit negative stereotypes about those who are different than themselves

8. Ingroup Bias The "we/us versus they/them" mentality
Social dominance orientation – group should be ordered according to worth

9. Attributional Biases (continued)
Just-world hypothesis
The belief that victims of misfortune deserve what they got
Allows us to see the world as predictable and fair
“Blame the victim" mentality
10-20% believe rape victims are at least partially responsible for being attacked

10. Stereotype Threat
The risk of confirming a negative stereotype about oneself
Similar to the self-fulfilling prophecy
When we are aware of stereotypes, we might live down to them