Prejudice/Keywords/Categories

Definition

 * ABC = Affect (predjudice), Behaviour (discrimination), Cognition (stereotype)

In-groups and out-groups

 * Contact hypothesis
 * Discrimination
 * In-group favouritism
 * Minimal group effect
 * Out-group homogeneity bias
 * Super-ordinate goals

Inter-group conflict

 * Overcoming prejudice and stereotypes
 * Conscious override
 * Contact
 * Equal status
 * Positive
 * Outgroup members must be perceived as typical
 * Discrimination in reverse
 * Motives for overcoming prejudice
 * Internal
 * External
 * Superordinate goals

Stereotypes

 * Rationalisation for oppression
 * Heuristics

Theories / Causes

 * Confirmation bias
 * Competition (Realistic conflict theory (Frustration-aggression))
 * Discontinuity effect (groups are more hostile than individuals)
 * Heuristics (Cognitive shortcuts / Cognitive miser)
 * Ignorance (Contact theory)
 * Salience
 * Scapegoat theory
 * Self-categorisation theory
 * Social categorisation
 * Social identity theory
 * Self-esteem
 * Self-fulfilling prophecy
 * Self-defeating prophecy / Stereotype threat
 * Self-serving bias
 * Stress

Types

 * Ageism
 * Anti-gay / homophobia
 * Ethnocentrism
 * Weightism
 * Racism
 * Aversive racism
 * Religious
 * Sexism
 * Stigma
 * Stigma by association
 * Types
 * Overweight
 * Mental illness
 * Sickness
 * Poverty
 * Physical blemishes / disability