Module Review


1		status breeds prejudice as the group that enjoys superiority seeks to justify its standing. Prejudice can lead people to treat others in ways that trigger expected behavior, thus seeming to the view one holds.


2		Experiments also show that prejudice may arise from merely dividing people into . Even when the us-them distinction is trivial, people still their own group.


3		Once established, prejudice is maintained partly through the inertia of . People act not so much out of a need to hate as out of a need to be .


4		often evokes hostility, which may be vented on scapegoats. This phenomenon of " aggression" may have contributed to lynchings of African-Americans in the South after the Civil War. An important source of frustration is : One group's goal fulfillment becomes the other group's goal frustration.


5		One psychological benefit of prejudice is the feeling of it provides and those who are low on the socioeconomic ladder tend to be prejudiced. The emotional needs that contribute to prejudice predominate in the personality. Such persons tend to be prejudiced against all ethnic minorities.


6		Stereotyped beliefs are also by-products of our normal processes. Once people are categorized into groups, we are likely to exaggerate the within groups and the between them.


7		people draw our attention making us aware of differences we would otherwise not notice. We also better remember vivid cases and may use them to judge an entire .


8		Research indicates that merely another person being victimized is enough to make the victim seem worthy. Blaming victims results from believing the world is a place in which people get what they deserve.

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