Describe three material costs of prejudice, stereotyping, and ...

[burton19126]

Describe three material costs of prejudice, stereotyping, and discrimination, as well as one psychological cost. Provide an example of each.
 
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Question 2

Some people are more likely to express prejudice and use stereotypes than others. Describe three personal factors that influence the tendency to express prejudice. To which goal is each of these factors related?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

[Briannahope]

Answer to Question 1

Answer: Material costs include greater difficulty in obtaining certain types of jobs, greater risk of hate crimes, less pay, higher costs and greater barriers to purchasing some items, poorer medical care, etc. The primary psychological cost is a decrement in performance related to stereotype threat. A secondary and related cost is disidentification with the domain in questions.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: Possible personal factors categorized by goal:
Goal of Supporting and Protecting One's Group: social dominance orientation.
Goal of Seeking Social Approval: Conformity seeking, self-monitoring, perceived social standing.
Goal of Managing Self-Image: authoritarianism, ingroup identification.
Goal of Seeking Mental Efficiency: need for structure, moods and emotions.

[burton19126]

Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

[bdobbins]

Gracias!