Question

Define:
1) Discrimination
2) Prejudice
3) Stereotypes
4) untouchables​

Answer 1

1)the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people or things, especially on the grounds of race, age, or gender

2)Prejudice is an affective feeling towards a person based on their perceived group membership.

3) a stereotype is an over-generalized belief about a particular category of people

4)of or belonging to the lowest-caste Hindu group or the people outside the caste system.

Answer 2

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1. Discrimination is the act of making distinctions between human beings based on the groups, classes, or other categories to which they are perceived to belong.

2.Prejudice[1] is an affective feeling towards a person based on their perceived group membership. The word is often used to refer to a preconceived, usually unfavourable, evaluation of another person based on that person's political affiliation, sex, gender, beliefs, values, social class, age, disability, religion, sexuality, race/ethnicity, language, nationality, beauty, occupation, education, criminality, sport team affiliation or other personal characteristics.[2]

3. In social psychology, a stereotype is an over-generalized belief about a particular category of people. It is an expectation that people might have about every person of a particular group. The type of expectation can vary; it can be, for example, an expectation about the group's personality, preferences, or ability

4.Untouchability, in its literal sense, is the practice of ostracising a minority group by segregating them from the mainstream by social custom or legal mandate. ... Untouchability has been outlawed in India, Nepal and Pakistan. However, "untouchability" has not been legally defined.