SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
PREJUDICE AND DISCRIMINATION
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Question
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It’s a power structure
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It’s can be institutional
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It’s about both beliefs and actions
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all of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, racism is: 1: a belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race.
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: -Discrimination. The differential treatment of an individual or group of people based on their race, color, national origin, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), age, marital and parental status, disability, sexual orientation, or genetic information.
Detailed explanation-4: -The psychological bases for prejudice These include: people’s key values; the ways they see themselves and others; their sense of social identity, and social norms that define who is included in or excluded from social groups.