AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Stereotypes and prejudices are harmful because they ignore the fact that each individual has his or her own abilities, strengths, weaknesses, desires, thoughts and feelings. Our sex and gender are part of who we are, but these characteristics do not define us.

Detailed explanation-2: -Prejudice refers to the beliefs, thoughts, feelings, and attitudes someone holds about a group. A prejudice is not based on personal experience; instead, it is a prejudgment, originating outside actual experience.

Detailed explanation-3: -Bias and prejudice, or simply ignorance, can lead to isolation, vulnerability, disadvantage and discrimination at school, at work, in stores and other services, or even where people live. Trans people living in smaller towns or rural communities may even be more isolated.

Detailed explanation-4: -Prejudice and discrimination can affect people’s opportunities, their social resources, self-worth and motivation, and their engagement with wider society. Moreover, perceptions of equality and inequality are themselves drivers of further discrimination.