AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Intolerance is a lack of respect for practices or beliefs other than one’s own. It also involves the rejection of people whom we perceive as different, for example members of a social or ethnic group other than ours, or people who are different in political or sexual orientation.

Detailed explanation-2: -The intolerant person has difficulty accepting different views, beliefs, and practices of other people because of a lack of openness to experience and feelings of fear and uncertainty.

Detailed explanation-3: -The conception of tolerance as appreciation of diversity means viewing others’ beliefs, practices, or lifestyles as something valuable even though they are different from one’s own (esteem conception).

Detailed explanation-4: -Social intolerance arises from prejudice toward individuals who have characteristics different from one’s own. Intolerance is characterized by the attitude of unwillingness to observe, analyze, and accept differences, and an inclination to not see worthiness in the value systems of others.