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Social Psychology book cover
Social Psychology, 7/e
David G Myers, Hope College
Prejudice: Disliking Others

Learning Objectives

After completing your study of this chapter you should be able to:

1.

Distinguish between prejudice and discrimination.

2.

Trace recent trends in racial and gender prejudice in the United States.

3.

Explain how unequal status, self-fulfilling prophecy, and the mere formation of groups foster prejudice.

4.

Demonstrate how prejudice is maintained through conformity and institutional supports.

5.

Explain the scapegoat theory of prejudice and the personality dynamics of authoritarianism.

6.

Show how stereotypes can be a by-product of our normal thinking processes.

7.

Describe the just world phenomenon.

8.

Identify cognitive consequences of stereotypes.








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