Prejudice And Discrimination

Question 1

_____ - A generalized attitude about a specific group of people (can be held by anyone and toward any social group.)

Answer 1

Prejudice

Question 2

____ - overgeneralizations about a group of people ( can be towards anyone and include behaviors, attitudes, or personality traits. Usually negative, but can also be harmful even if it is positive)

Answer 2

Stereotypes

Question 3

____ - Involves treating someone differently or unfairly based on their membership to a group (denial of jobs, housing, etc. Victims of discrimination often see themselves as inferior)

Answer 3

Discrimination

Question 4

___ - A prejudice and discrimination based on one’s membership to a racial group (ex: racial profiling)

Answer 4

Racism

Question 5

____ - Prejudice and discrimination based on the basis of sex (expectations on how one is supposed to behave based on their sex)

Answer 5

Sexism

Question 6

____ - Prejudice and discrimination based on one’s age, usually when it comes to employment

Answer 6

Ageism

Question 7

____ and ____ - Prejudice and discrimination towards members of the lgbtq+ community.

Answer 7

Homophobia and transphobia

Question 8

____ ____ - Where members of the lgbtq+ community feel ashamed to be who they are

Answer 8

Internalized homophobia

Question 9

____ ____ - Children learn prejudicial attitudes through attitudes held by adults they learn from (if adult holds views the child most likely will too. Children internalize these ideas even if they aren’t thinking about it)

Answer 9

Social learning

Question 10

___ - Which is a phenomenon in which a group of people, based on their identity, is blamed for the ills of society (Ex: Adolf hitler and the Nazis used Jewish people to blame for what was wrong in Germany)

Answer 10

Scapegoating