9.4

Prejudice and Discrimination

AP Psychology

Defining key terms

Important distinctions

Types of prejudice

Explicit vs. implicit

Racism, sexism, and other -isms

Why does prejudice develop?

Social identity theory (Henri Tajfel)

Scapegoat theory

Social learning

Cognitive sources of prejudice

Stereotype threat

Reducing prejudice

Contact hypothesis (Gordon Allport, 1954)

Sherif's Robbers Cave Experiment (1954)

Jigsaw classroom (Elliot Aronson)

Aggression

Biological factors

Psychological factors

Environmental factors

Attraction and relationships

Factors that influence attraction

Types of love (Sternberg)

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