Question

Differentiate between Prejudice, Stereotype and discrimination?

Answer 1

prejudices are unfavorable affective reactions to or evaluations of groups and their members, stereotypes are generalized beliefs about groups and their members, interpersonal discrimination is differential treatment by individuals toward some groups and their members relative to other groups and their members, and institutional discrimination involves policies and contexts that create, enact, reify, and maintain inequality 

Answer 2

Answer:

Prejudice refers to the beliefs, thoughts, feelings, and attitudes someone holds about a group. A prejudice is not based on experience; instead, it is a prejudgment, originating outside actual experience. A 1970 documentary called Eye of the Storm illustrates the way in which prejudice develops, by showing how defining one category of people as superior (children with blue eyes) results in prejudice against people who are not part of the favored category.While prejudice refers to biased thinking, discrimination consists of actions against a group of people.

Discrimination can be based on age, religion, health, and other indicators; race-based laws against discrimination strive to address this set of social problem