Prejudice (Edexcel A-Level Psychology): Flashcards

Individual personality traits, not social contexts

Personality type prone to hostile attitudes towards groups

Belief one's ethnic group is superior to another

Anti-democratic beliefs (Fascism Scale)

Development of authoritarian personality in childhood

Displaced onto weaker members of society/minorities

Cannot explain large-scale prejudice like Holocaust

National stereotypes Americans held about other cultures

Individuals within the group as important

The whole group as a collective