factors affecting prejudice
Cards (9)
- individual difference is personality
- authoritarian personalitya strict personality characterised by extreme obedience and submission to authority - people who have this personality dislike people who are not like them which leads to prejudice
- degree of this personality differs as it develops through upbringing
- evidence for personality
- corhs (2012) - authoritarian personality positively correlated with prejudice
- germans with higher AP don't like disabled, homosexual, ethnic minority individuals but people with low AP scores don't mind this
- correlations between RWA (right wing authoritarian) and generalised prejudice - RWA and AP useful predictors for prejudice
- developmental differenceculture - incorporates values, ideas, customs, and behavioural norms of a particular group of people or a society
- individualist culture - value individuals more (e.g: success) - people to be more selfish as a result, more prejudicedcollectivist culture - value social cohesion - people are less prejudices
- evidence for culture
- wetherell (1982) replicated tajfels experiment with indigenous polynesian students from new zealand who were more fair in points allocation tasks than caucasians
- cultural differences affect prejudice
- individual difference can be situational factors
- social norms
- unwritten rules about what is desirable and normal within a particular society e.g: societies have unwritten rules about communicating with strangers when commuting
- if you dont adhere to rules of groups leads to rejection but following norms increases self-esteem (social identity)
- RCT highlighted competition leads to prejudice and can increase if situation is the one where there is direct competition for limited resources e.g: money and further highlighted if it is seen as zero sum
- social norms of UK
- time - british people have good timekeeping, being late is frowned upon
- queuing - supermarkets, train stations common to see queues
- tea - cup of tea is symbolic in british culture