Ambivalent prejudice
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Ambivalent prejudice is a social psychological theory that states that, when people become aware that they have conflicting beliefs about an outgroup (a group of people that do not belong to an individual's own group), they experience an unpleasant mental feeling generally referred to as cognitive dissonance. These feelings are brought about because the individual on one hand believes in humanitarian virtues such as helping those in need, but on the other hand also believes in individualistic virtues such as working hard to improve one's life.
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See also
- Benevolent prejudice
- Hostile prejudice
- Ingroups and outgroups
- Role congruity theory
- Women are wonderful
- Aversive racism
- Tokenism
- Allosemitism
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