Prejudice

Prepared by: Ms. Mary Louise DV Miranda, MA, RPm, CMHFA

 Objectives
Understand the nature of prejudice and the difference between
prejudice, stereotypes, and discrimination.

Understand and examine the influences that give rise to and maintain
prejudice.

Describe the different cognitive sources of prejudice.

Identify and understand the consequences of prejudice.

 Prejudice
A preconceived negative judgment of a group and
its individual members.

An atitude - a combination of feelinigs, inclinations

to act and beliefs.

FORMS

Against some other

For our own group
group
Remember the
ABC of
attitudes:
A prejudice person
may dislike those Affect (feelings)
different from self
and behave ein a Behavior
discriminatory
manner, believing
Cognition (beliefs)
them ignorant and
dangerous.
 STEREOTYPING

DISCRIMINATION

PREJUDICE
RACISM

SEXISM
 PREJUDICE

STEREOTYPE DISCRIMINATION
A belief about personal attributes of a
group of people. Sometimes are Unjustified negative behavior toward a
overgeneralized, inaccurate, and groups and its members
resistant to new information.

SEXISM
RACISM
An individual’s prejudice attitudes and An individual’s prejudicial attitude and
discriminatory behavior toward people of a given discriminatory behavior toward people of a
race Attentive and feeling given sex.
positive that
An institutional practices overall
subordinate people Institutional practices that subordinate people
of a given race. of a given sex.
Source:
Apruebo, R.A. (2009). Social Psychology. Guiani Print House.
Tria, G. E., Gaerlan, J. E., & Limpingco, D. A. (2012). General Psychology.
Sombrea, D. (2020). Prejudice