Prejudice

Question 1

What is Prejudice

Answer 1

Prejudice is a negative judgment or opinion about someone based on their group identity, such as race, gender, or religion, often without real knowledge or experience.

Question 2

Social Learning Theory

Answer 2

Social learning theory: Children learn prejudice by watching parents and friends.

Question 3

Motivational Theory

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Motivational theory: People motivated to achieve success develop negative views about competitors and generalize those views to all members of the competitors’ group.

Question 4

Personality Theory

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Personality theory: People develop prejudices because of experiences during their development. For example, a person reared by a red-haired authoritarian woman who uses physical punishment may develop a prejudice against all women with red hair.

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Cognitive Theory

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Cognitive theory: People conceptualize their world by using mental shortcuts to organize it, for example, by thinking such things as “all homeless people are alike.”

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Conflict Theory

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Purpose: To study how power forms the basis of relationships between different groups and creates conflict

Question 7

Types of prejudice

Answer 7

Racism
Sexsim
Class Discrimination
Homophobia
Ageism

Question 8

1.Self esteem Hypothesis:

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When people have an appropriate education and higher self esteem, their prejudices will go away

Question 9

2. Contact Hypothesis:

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The best answer to prejudice is to bring together members of different groups so they can learn to appreciate their common experiences and backgrounds.

Question 10

3. Cooperation hypothesis

Answer 10

Conflicting groups need to cooperate by laying aside their individual interests and learning to work together for shared goals

Question 11

4. Legal Hypothesis:

Answer 11

Prejudice can be eliminated by enforcing laws against discriminatory behavior