{"id":426,"date":"2016-11-23T18:18:58","date_gmt":"2016-11-23T18:18:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-fmcc-social-psychology\/?post_type=chapter&p=426"},"modified":"2016-11-23T18:18:58","modified_gmt":"2016-11-23T18:18:58","slug":"chapter-11-definitions","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-fmcc-social-psychology\/chapter\/chapter-11-definitions\/","title":{"raw":"Chapter 11 Definitions","rendered":"Chapter 11 Definitions"},"content":{"raw":"Authoritarianism<\/strong> An individual difference variable characterized by a tendency to prefer things to be simple rather than complex and to hold traditional values\r\n\r\nBlack sheep effect<\/strong> The strong devaluation of ingroup members who threaten the positive image and identity of the ingroup\r\n\r\nCommon ingroup identity <\/strong>The experience of social identity that occurs when differences in social grouping at one level are reduced by perceived similarities on a second, superordinate category\r\n\r\nContact hypothesis<\/strong> The idea that intergroup contact will reduce prejudice\r\n\r\nDiscrimination<\/strong> Unjustified negative behaviors toward members of outgroups based on their group membership\r\n\r\nExtended-contact hypothesis<\/strong> The prediction that people who have friends from other social groups will be more accepting of all members of those groups\r\n\r\nFeelings of social identity<\/strong> The positive self-esteem that we get from our group memberships\r\n\r\nGroup-serving bias (<\/strong>or ultimate attribution error) <\/strong>The tendency to make internal attributions about our ingroups' successes, and external attributions about their setbacks, and to make the opposite pattern of attributions about our outgroups\r\n\r\nIngroup favoritism<\/strong> The tendency to respond more positively to people from our ingroups than we do to people from outgroups\r\n\r\nInterdependence<\/strong> A state in which the group members depend on each other for successful performance of the group goals\r\n\r\nJigsaw classroom<\/strong> An approach to learning in which students from different racial or ethnic groups work together, in an interdependent way, to master material\r\n\r\nOutgroup homogeneity<\/strong> The tendency to view members of outgroups as more similar to each other than we see members of ingroups\r\n\r\nPrejudice<\/strong> An unjustifiable negative attitude toward an outgroup or toward the members of that outgroup\r\n\r\nSocial categorization<\/strong> The natural cognitive process of placing individuals into social groups according to their social categories\r\n\r\nStereotype threat<\/strong> Performance decrements that are caused by the knowledge of cultural stereotypes\r\n\r\nSuperordinate goals <\/strong>Goals that are very important and require the cooperative efforts and resources of more than one group to attain\r\n\r\n ","rendered":"

Authoritarianism<\/strong> An individual difference variable characterized by a tendency to prefer things to be simple rather than complex and to hold traditional values<\/p>\n

Black sheep effect<\/strong> The strong devaluation of ingroup members who threaten the positive image and identity of the ingroup<\/p>\n

Common ingroup identity <\/strong>The experience of social identity that occurs when differences in social grouping at one level are reduced by perceived similarities on a second, superordinate category<\/p>\n

Contact hypothesis<\/strong> The idea that intergroup contact will reduce prejudice<\/p>\n

Discrimination<\/strong> Unjustified negative behaviors toward members of outgroups based on their group membership<\/p>\n

Extended-contact hypothesis<\/strong> The prediction that people who have friends from other social groups will be more accepting of all members of those groups<\/p>\n

Feelings of social identity<\/strong> The positive self-esteem that we get from our group memberships<\/p>\n

Group-serving bias (<\/strong>or ultimate attribution error) <\/strong>The tendency to make internal attributions about our ingroups’ successes, and external attributions about their setbacks, and to make the opposite pattern of attributions about our outgroups<\/p>\n

Ingroup favoritism<\/strong> The tendency to respond more positively to people from our ingroups than we do to people from outgroups<\/p>\n

Interdependence<\/strong> A state in which the group members depend on each other for successful performance of the group goals<\/p>\n

Jigsaw classroom<\/strong> An approach to learning in which students from different racial or ethnic groups work together, in an interdependent way, to master material<\/p>\n

Outgroup homogeneity<\/strong> The tendency to view members of outgroups as more similar to each other than we see members of ingroups<\/p>\n

Prejudice<\/strong> An unjustifiable negative attitude toward an outgroup or toward the members of that outgroup<\/p>\n

Social categorization<\/strong> The natural cognitive process of placing individuals into social groups according to their social categories<\/p>\n

Stereotype threat<\/strong> Performance decrements that are caused by the knowledge of cultural stereotypes<\/p>\n

Superordinate goals <\/strong>Goals that are very important and require the cooperative efforts and resources of more than one group to attain<\/p>\n

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