Lesson 7: Stereotype, Prejudice, & Discrimination

Question 1

extremely/over generalized belief about a group of people.

Answer 1

stereotype

Question 2

what are the categories of stereotypes

Answer 2

1. explicit
2. implicit

Question 3

Explicit (with awareness)

Answer 3

blatant biases

Question 4

Implicit (without awareness)

Answer 4

subtle biases

Question 5

unjustified or incorrect attitude (usually negative) towards a person based solely on the individual’s membership of a social group

Answer 5

prejudice

Question 6

It represents an emotional response upon learning of a person’s membership to a specific group (like age, skin, color, nationality, religion etc.)

Answer 6

prejudice

Question 7

when stereotypes and prejudice translate into a negative act towards a person.

Answer 7

discrimination

Question 8

refers to actions or behaviors towards an individual or a group of people like rejection or exclusion

Answer 8

discrimination

Question 9

action or recognizing someone as different so much that
they are treated inhumanly and degraded.

Answer 9

genocide

Question 10

form of racial discrimination wherein one
race is viewed as less than the other – separation of black and whites
and the mass murder of Jews in concentration camps

Answer 10

apartheid (separateness)

Question 11

examples of discrimination

Answer 11

1. genocide
2. apartheid
3. gender discrimination
4. LGBT discrimination