AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Stereotypes affect all of us as they prevent us from doing certain things, that we might otherwise be good at. Discrimination happens when people act on their prejudices or stereotypes.

Detailed explanation-2: -As such, and consistent with the literature on attitudes more broadly, prejudice is seen to have three components: cognitive, affective, and behavioral.

Detailed explanation-3: -Prejudice means to judge other people negatively or see them as inferior.

Detailed explanation-4: -A prejudice is an opinion-usually an unfavourable one-that was formed before having any evidence and that is not based on reason or experience. While a stereotype is a thought about a person or group of people, a prejudice relates to feelings and attitudes about that person or group of people.