Knowra Prejudice Prejudice Prejudice is an unjustified negative attitude toward a person or group, often shaped by stereotypes and social learning. It can influence judgment and behavior without direct experience of its target.
Stereotype : A generalized belief about the characteristics of members of a social group. Stereotypes supply assumptions that can shape prejudice toward individuals.
Discrimination : Unfair treatment of people based on their actual or perceived group membership. Prejudice is an attitude; discrimination is behavior that may follow from it.
Aversive racism : A form of racial prejudice in which people endorse egalitarian values yet show subtle bias. It illustrates how prejudice can shape choices despite explicit opposition to racism.
Gordon Allport : An American psychologist whose work established influential frameworks for studying prejudice and intergroup relations. His 1954 book organized psychological explanations and proposed conditions for reducing prejudice.
Stereotype threat : The risk that awareness of a negative stereotype will impair performance in a situation where it is relevant. It shows how stereotypes associated with prejudice can burden people targeted by them.
Social identity theory : A theory explaining how group membership contributes to identity, intergroup comparison, and behavior. It explains how favoring an in-group can foster negative views of an out-group.
Racism : A system of beliefs, practices, and institutions that produces or sustains racial hierarchy. Racial prejudice is one possible element of racism, which also includes structural forces.
Employment discrimination : Unequal treatment in hiring, pay, promotion, or working conditions based on protected or social identities. Prejudiced judgments can influence hiring and workplace decisions.
The Nature of Prejudice : Gordon Allport’s 1954 book examining the psychology, forms, and reduction of prejudice. It became a foundational modern study of prejudice and intergroup contact.
Self-fulfilling prophecy : A prediction that helps bring about the outcome it predicts through the behavior it prompts. Prejudiced expectations can alter treatment in ways that help produce expected outcomes.
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