Stereotypes, Prejudice & Discrimination Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• prejudice : negative emotional responses on group membership
• discrimination : differential behaviours directed toward members of different social groups
• stereotypes : beliefs about social groups in terms of the traits that they are believed to share
• singlism : negative stereotyping directed towards people who are single
• subtype : a subset of a group that is not consistent with the stereotype of the group as a whole
• tokenism : the practice of making only a perfunctory or symbolic effort to do a particular thing
• schemas : cognitive frameworks for organizing interpreting and recalling info
• essence : the underlying belief or perception that certain groups of people possess inherent, immutable characteristics or qualities that define them as inferior or superior to others
• priming : exposure to certain stimuli or events ‘prime’ information held in memory, making it easier to bring to mind, or more available to influence our reactions
• xenophobia : when immigrants are perceived as a threat to the dominant group's economic position
• racism : prejudice and discrimination towards a racial/ethnic group
• racist : a person who is prejudiced and discriminates solely on the basis of race/ethnicity
• recategorisation : individuals who belong to different social groups come to view themselves as members of a single social entity, their attitudes become more positive
• threat : it primarily concerns fear that our group interests will be undermined
• risk averse : we weigh possible losses more heavily than equivalent gains
• gender stereotypes : stereotypes concerning the traits possessed by females and males that differentiate them
• glass ceiling : barriers based on attitudinal or organizational bias that prevent qualified females from advancing to top level positions
• objective scales : those with measurement units that are tied to external reality so that they mean the same thing regardless of category of measurement
• subjective scales : response scales that are open to interpretation and lack an externally grounded referent
• incidental feelings : those feelings induced separately or before a target is encountered