AP PSYCHOLOGY

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

PREJUDICE AND DISCRIMINATION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
To show unreasonable feelings, opinions, or attitudes, especially of a hostile nature, regarding an ethnic, racial, social, or religious group, defines as?
A
Discrimination
B
Prejudice
C
Stereotype
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -any preconceived opinion or feeling, either favorable or unfavorable. unreasonable feelings, opinions, or attitudes, especially of a hostile nature, regarding an ethnic, racial, social, or religious group. such attitudes considered collectively: The war against prejudice is never-ending.

Detailed explanation-2: -Meaning of prejudice in English. an unfair and unreasonable opinion or feeling, especially when formed without enough thought or knowledge: Laws against racial prejudice must be strictly enforced.

Detailed explanation-3: -: preconceived judgment or opinion. (2) : an adverse opinion or leaning formed without just grounds or before sufficient knowledge. : an instance of such judgment or opinion. : an irrational attitude of hostility directed against an individual, a group, a race, or their supposed characteristics.

Detailed explanation-4: -Prejudice is an unreasonable dislike of a particular group of people or things, or a preference for one group of people or things over another.

Detailed explanation-5: -LAW. if a decision or action is made with prejudice to a right, you have lost that right: The government agreed to dismiss the criminal charges with prejudice, meaning that they cannot be refiled. with prejudice to sth The case shall be dismissed with prejudice to the refiling of the same or similar cause of action.

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