1. Prepared by S. Saterfield
The Experience of Discrimination
Chapter 11
Prepared by S. Saterfield
From The Psychology of Prejudice and Discrimination, Whitley and Kite, 2006
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2. Social Stigma
Prejudice and discrimination can simply be invisible to many members of the majority group
For many people prejudice and discrimination are a “lived experience”, not inconsequential beliefs and actions that can simply be overlooked while “getting on with one’s life’
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3. Social Stigma What factors set others apart from the dominant group
White privileges/dominate group membership
Group power
Privilege status
Not defined by number
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4. Social Stigma What Defines a Stigmatized Groups
Stigmatized—those groups that do not share the dominate groups status
Appearance
Behavior
Violate norms established by dominate groups
Referred to as the marked/markers
Devalued, flawed for spoiled in eyes of others
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5. Social Stigma Stigmatized Group Consequences of this devaluation are
Dehumanization
Threat
Aversion
Other negative treatment
Subtle forms of discrimination
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6. Social Stigma Stigmatize groups Benign stigmas-
Stigmas that general depression to extreme violence against the stigmatized groups
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7. Social Stigma Dimensions of harmful and benign stigmas
Course
Concealability
Aesthetic qualities
Origin
Peril
Stigma by Association
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8. Social Stigma
Tokenism—stigmatizing experiences from being a minority within a particular context
Visibility
Contrast
Assimilation
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9. Responses to Prejudice and Discrimination
Attributional Ambiguity
Personal/Group discrimination Discrepancy
PGDD
Cognitive explanation
Motiviational explanation
Perceiving discrimination
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10. Consequences of Prejudice to the Target
Stereotype Threat
General features of stereotype threat
Reducing stereotype threat
Stereotype lift
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11. Consequences of Prejudice to the Target
How prejudice and discrimination can produce stress
Stress-related responses to prejudice and discrimination
Threats of Self-Esteem
Individualism
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12. Consequences of Prejudice to the Target
Coping with Discrimination
Psychological Disengagement and Disidentification
Disidentification
Behavioral Compensation
Compensation
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13. Experiencing Discrimination Study Questions
________ refers to the polarization or exaggeration of the differences between a token and the dominant group.
Visibility
Assimilation
Marking
Contrast
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14. Experiencing Discrimination Study Questions
________ refers to the polarization or exaggeration of the differences between a token and the dominant group.
Visibility
Assimilation
Marking
Contrast (p. 459)
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15. Experiencing Discrimination Study Questions
The personal/group discrimination discrepancy refers to the finding that
people believe they have personally experienced more discrimination than the typical member of their group.
people believe they have personally experienced less discrimination than the typical member of their group.
people report less discrimination than they actually experience.
individual people are motivated to see more discrimination against them and their group than actually exists.
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16. Experiencing Discrimination Study Questions
The personal/group discrimination discrepancy refers to the finding that
people believe they have personally experienced more discrimination than the typical member of their group.
people believe they have personally experienced less discrimination than the typical member of their group. (p. 466)
people report less discrimination than they actually experience.
individual people are motivated to see more discrimination against them and their group than actually exists.
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17. Experiencing Discrimination Study Questions
Under which of the following conditions is stereotype threat most likely to occur?
a woman taking a math exam in a class of other women
a White man demonstrating his athletic ability at the same time as a Black man
an Asian man taking a diagnostic test that he does not particularly care about
a middle school child taking a memory test with other middle school children
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18. Experiencing Discrimination Study Questions
Under which of the following conditions is stereotype threat most likely to occur?
a woman taking a math exam in a class of other women
a White man demonstrating his athletic ability at the same time as a Black man (pp )
an Asian man taking a diagnostic test that he does not particularly care about
a middle school child taking a memory test with other middle school children
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19. Experiencing Discrimination Study Questions
Which of the following is true about the relationship between the experience of discrimination and stress?
The experience of subtle prejudice causes more stress than does the experience of blatant prejudice.
Blacks experience lower blood pressure under conditions of stereotype threat than do Blacks not under those conditions.
Gay men who have experienced anti-gay violence show more psychological distress than gay men who have not experienced such violence.
All of the above are true.
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20. Experiencing Discrimination Study Questions
Which of the following is true about the relationship between the experience of discrimination and stress?
The experience of subtle prejudice causes more stress than does the experience of blatant prejudice.
Blacks experience lower blood pressure under conditions of stereotype threat than do Blacks not under those conditions.
Gay men who have experienced anti-gay violence show more psychological distress than gay men who have not experienced such violence. (p.478)
All of the above are true.
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21. Experiencing Discrimination Study Questions
A person who __________ is most likely to feel guilty when confronted about discrimination.
has discriminated against a woman
sees her- or himself as low in prejudice
is confronted by a Black person
is confronted by a woman
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22. Experiencing Discrimination Study Questions
A person who __________ is most likely to feel guilty when confronted about discrimination.
has discriminated against a woman
sees her- or himself as low in prejudice (p.482)
is confronted by a Black person
is confronted by a woman
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