1. Ch 5: Stereotypes, Prejudice, & Discrimination
Part 1: Sept. 24, 2010

2. Conceptual Definitions
Distinguishing stereotype, prejudice, & discrimination from each other:
Stereotype =
Prejudice =
Discrimination =
Affective, Behavioral, Cognitive components?
Groups can be ingroups (our own groups) or outgroups (groups other than our own)

3. Racism Less overt racism today Now, ‘modern racism’ is more likely
What are these types of behaviors?
Implicit racism – unconscious operation
Differences in judgments of criminal defendants
How to best measure racism?
Implicit Association Test (IAT) – how does it work?

4. Perceptual differences
Ingroup vs. outgroup member judgments:
What are some research results related to this?
Interracial interactions:
Behavioral differences based on implicit racism –

5. Sexism Gender stereotypes –
Differences between prescriptive and descriptive stereotypes
Ambivalent sexism:
Hostile sexism –
Benevolent sexism -

6. Behavioral differences in hostile & benevolent sexism?
Links to discrimination –
Occupational differences - “sex segregation”

7. Stereotype Threat Targets may clearly perceive discrimination & react
Making attributions about discrimination
Protecting self-esteem
But negative long term effects?
Claude Steele’s research on stereotype threat:
face negative stereotype & fear you will be evaluated based on that  causes you to confirm that stereotype

8. How does it affect performance?1) 2)
Do you need to believe in the stereotype?
Steele & Aronson’s experiments –
Academic performance – race differences
How is stereotype threat manipulated?
Academic performance – gender differences
How to protect against ster. threat: