Keywords - Stereotyping, prejudice and discrimination

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Stereotype
An oversimplified, generalised set of ideas that we have about others. Eg headteachers are strict, scary and male
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Media
means of communication. Eg radio, tv, internet and newspapers
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Role Model
Someone who a child looks up to and is likely to copy
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Prejudice
A rigid set of attitudes or beliefs towards a particular group of people. These attitudes are usually negative, but not always
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Discrimination
The way an individual behaves towards another person or group as a result of their prejudiced views. This behaviour is usually negative
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Authoritarian Personality
A personality type that is prone to be prejudice
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F-scale
The questionnaire used by Adorno to measure personality characteristics
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Robbers cave
The name given to Sherif's experiment on prejudice
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In-group
A group of people who you believe you have something in common with
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Out-group
A group of people whom you believe you have nothing in common with
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Jigsaw Method
The name given to the technique used by Aronson to reduce prejudice within a group of mixed-race students
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Expert Groups
Another name for the jigsaw method. Each method of the group becomes an expert on a particular topic and then they pass this knowledge onto the rest of their group
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Contact
Seeing, speaking or writing to someone
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Empathy
Being able to put yourself in someone else's position psycholigically and understand how they are feeling
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means of communication. Eg radio, tv, internet and newspapers

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Media

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Someone who a child looks up to and is likely to copy

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A rigid set of attitudes or beliefs towards a particular group of people. These attitudes are usually negative, but not always

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The way an individual behaves towards another person or group as a result of their prejudiced views. This behaviour is usually negative

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