PPT-Theories of Prejudice Social Identity Theory

Tajfel 1971 How many ways are there to discriminate against people List all the ways you can think of What problems are caused by prejudice What is the difference between prejudice and discrimination. Chapter 9 Section 3. Prejudice. Widely held negative attitudes toward a group and its individual members. Can be both minority and majority. Racism. Extreme form of prejudice that assumes superiority of one group over others. How does Prejudice Develop?. Like other attitudes, prejudice is primarily influenced by learning processes, including repeated exposure. For example, children hear many prejudiced views expressed by parents, other adults and peers and they may adopt these views. Children can also learn prejudices through the subtle messages conveyed in the media about groups in our society.. Effects theory. (Hypodermic Syringe, Innoculation) – what the media does . to . audiences. Uses and Gratifications. – what audiences do . with. the media. Reception theory. (Nationwide audience, Dallas, Seinfeld, etc) – what audiences do . COM 372. Exercise. Where did you see prejudice (specifically, racism)?. Where does “racism” lie?. Who can be racist (sexist, etc.)?. What are some possible causes of racism?. Individual/Cognitive Level. What’s in a Word or Symbol?. Racism . is a negative behaviour based on an incorrect assumption that one race is inherently superior to others. . Discrimination . is unfair actions directed against people based on their race, gender, ethnicity, nationality, language or sexual orientation. . 107 CHAPTER 3 Prejudice and Discrimination 107 W hat causes prejudice and dis - crimination? Why do some peo - ple regard members of other groups with contempt, hostility, and even hatred? Why do p Defining terminology. Race:. Belief that observable differences in skin color (and other perceived physical attributes) are connected to other differences between people; believed by many to be biological, but really there is nothing biologically different about people of different races. . Effects theory. (Hypodermic Syringe, Innoculation) – what the media does . to . audiences. Uses and Gratifications. – what audiences do . with. the media. Reception theory. (Nationwide audience, Dallas, Seinfeld, etc) – what audiences do . by Jane Austen. Background Notes. "There are a few Typical errors--& a 'said he' or a 'said she' would sometimes make the Dialogue more immediately clear--but 'I do not write for such dull Elves As have not a great deal of Ingenuity themselves.'". Gordon . Allport. "The human mind must think with the aid of categories…Once formed, categories are the basis for normal prejudgment. We cannot possibly avoid this process. Orderly living depends upon it. “ (p.20) from . . . www. . t. ikvahedu.ro. What is identity?. What are the most important things . making up . your identity?. “. Men and women are not only themselves; they are also the region in which they were born, the city apartment or the farm in which they learnt to walk, the games they played as children, the tales they overheard, the food they ate, the schools they attended, the sports they followed, the poets they read and the God they believed in.”. CLN4U – Mr. MacDonald. Nature vs Nurture. Theories of criminology generally fall into one of two categories. Biological Theories. Criminal are “born”. Sociological Theories. Criminals are “made”. Although its harmful effects are experienced most acutely by its targets, everyone is negatively affected by prejudice. The study of prejudice has been a central focus of social psychology for most of the last century . What about prejudice and racism?. Do you think it is possible to be free of prejudice, discrimination and/or racism? Explain!. Bell Ringer!. Have you ever . felt like someone judged you before they really .