10 Prejudice PDF
10 Prejudice PDF
Discrimination
What is prejudice?
Behaviours directed
DISCRIMINATION towards people on the
basis of their group
membership
Generalised belief
STEREOTYPE about members of a
group
Prejudice:- the ABC of prejudice
Stereotypes
l Co-operation
l Since prejudice can result from
competition between groups, strategies for
reducing prejudice should be based on the
idea of promoting co-operation instead.
l Co-operative learning strategies include
getting members of two distinct groups to
perceive themselves as having common
goals.
Reducing PSD
l Contact
l If members of different groups are brought
together to interact under the appropriate
conditions, prejudice between the groups
should be reduced.
Reducing PSD
l Contact
l In theory, getting to know members of
another group as individuals and
discovering similarities between the groups
should be beneficial in breaking up
stereotypes.
l However, this requires everyone having
similar status and common goals to work.
Reducing PSD
l Empathy
l Using simulations and role-playing, people
can be encouraged to take the perspective
of members of other groups.
l Exposing children to multicultural
characters in literature and films provides
an opportunity for them to identify, and
perhaps empathise with, members of other
racial or ethnic groups.
Reducing PSD
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Stereotypes