Intergroup Relations From a
Multicultural Perspective
– Lecture 6: Blatant Prejudice –
Content
Perceived Threat ......................................................................................................................... 2
Sources of Perceived Threat ................................................................................................... 2
Predictors of negative attitudes towards whites ................................................................. 3
Predictors of negative attitudes towards blacks ................................................................. 4
Symbolic Threat and Media use ............................................................................................. 4
Terror Management Theory ....................................................................................................... 5
Why can we fear death? ......................................................................................................... 5
How do we cope with the fear of death? ................................................................................ 5
What happened after 9/11 (attacks on New York in 2001)? .................................................. 5
How do we explain what happened according to terror management theory? .................. 6
What happened after 7/7 (attacks on London in 2005)? ........................................................ 6
Islamophobia .............................................................................................................................. 7
Stereotype Content Model – Islamophobia ............................................................................ 7
Islamophobia .......................................................................................................................... 8
Moral dimension ................................................................................................................ 8
Islamophobia as a driver of segregation ............................................................................. 8
The dynamics of ethnic conflicts ........................................................................................... 9
, Intergroup Relations Lecture 6: Blatant prejudice
When do aversive biases make way for open prejudice?
Perceived Threat
➔ Social unease is on the rise
➔ Especially among the less educated
Sources of Perceived Threat
Realistic threat: Competition for scarce economic or material resources
➔ Threat to own means of existence
Symbolic threat: Confrontation with deviating cultural customs, values and norms
➔ Threat to own cultural identity
➔ Merging realistic and symbolic threats together results in a more negative attitude
➔ Perceived threat is a mediating variable in prejudice
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Multicultural Perspective
– Lecture 6: Blatant Prejudice –
Content
Perceived Threat ......................................................................................................................... 2
Sources of Perceived Threat ................................................................................................... 2
Predictors of negative attitudes towards whites ................................................................. 3
Predictors of negative attitudes towards blacks ................................................................. 4
Symbolic Threat and Media use ............................................................................................. 4
Terror Management Theory ....................................................................................................... 5
Why can we fear death? ......................................................................................................... 5
How do we cope with the fear of death? ................................................................................ 5
What happened after 9/11 (attacks on New York in 2001)? .................................................. 5
How do we explain what happened according to terror management theory? .................. 6
What happened after 7/7 (attacks on London in 2005)? ........................................................ 6
Islamophobia .............................................................................................................................. 7
Stereotype Content Model – Islamophobia ............................................................................ 7
Islamophobia .......................................................................................................................... 8
Moral dimension ................................................................................................................ 8
Islamophobia as a driver of segregation ............................................................................. 8
The dynamics of ethnic conflicts ........................................................................................... 9
, Intergroup Relations Lecture 6: Blatant prejudice
When do aversive biases make way for open prejudice?
Perceived Threat
➔ Social unease is on the rise
➔ Especially among the less educated
Sources of Perceived Threat
Realistic threat: Competition for scarce economic or material resources
➔ Threat to own means of existence
Symbolic threat: Confrontation with deviating cultural customs, values and norms
➔ Threat to own cultural identity
➔ Merging realistic and symbolic threats together results in a more negative attitude
➔ Perceived threat is a mediating variable in prejudice
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