AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Prejudice is when someone has a belief (usually negative) about a person or group based on a stereotype. The belief is usually based on a person’s membership (or assumed membership) in a certain group. Prejudice also divides people based on stereotypes.

Detailed explanation-2: -Definition. Prejudice is an attitude, or an overall negative evaluation or devaluation, of a social group and its members. Prejudice entails affective reactions toward social groups (e.g., anger, fear, disgust, pity, guilt, envy, contempt).

Detailed explanation-3: -So the correct answer for this is prejudice is to feelings as discrimination is to behavior. So feelings which we can prejudice can be linked to feelings and in the same way as discrimination can be linked to behavior because discrimination is the negative thought that is acting as a we are acting it out.

Detailed explanation-4: -Abrams describes prejudice as a bias that devalues people because of their perceived membership of a social group. That means that a lower value, status or importance is attached to a person of that group. Prejudice can manifest itself in different forms.