Define Prejudice and stereotypes. What are the factors responsible for it.
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Explanation:
prejudice is an often negative preconception or attitude toward members of a group.1 It can have a strong influence on how people behave and interact with others—particularly with those who are different in some regard—even if on an unconscious level.
Common features of prejudice include having negative feelings and holding stereotyped beliefs about members of the group, as well as a tendency to discriminate against them. In society, we often see prejudices based on characteristics like race, sex, religion, culture, and more.
When people hold prejudicial attitudes toward others, they tend to view everyone with the defining characteristic as being "all the same." They paint every individual who holds specific characteristics or beliefs with a very broad brush and fail to look at each person as a unique individual.
stereotypes-
many cases, prejudices are based on stereotypes (and stereotypes are based on prejudices).2 A stereotype is a simplified assumption about a group based on prior experiences or beliefs.
A gender stereotype might be that only little girls can wear dresses or only little boys can play with trucks. Examples of racial stereotypes include "Black people are good at basketball," "White people can't dance," or "Asians are good at math."
According to an article in Current Directions in Psychological Science, prejudice comes from people who aren't comfortable with ambiguity being prone to make generalizations about others.3 These generalizations reduce the ambiguity while also allowing for quicker, often harmful decisions.