PREJUDICE AND STEREOTYPES

PRESENTED BY
NAME: SHEREEN FAYAZ
ROLL NO: 2101097006
GROUP: A
 WHAT IS PREJUDICE?
Gordon W. Allport defines prejudice as a hostile
attitude or feeling toward a person solely because he or
she belongs to a group to which one has assigned
objectionable qualities . By its very nature,
prejudice denies individual human dignity and breaks
the fundamental unity among people.
Prejudice is an unjustified or incorrect attitude
(usually negative) towards an individual based solely
on the individual's membership of a social group. For
example, a person may hold prejudiced views towards
a certain race or gender etc.
Common features of prejudice include having
negative feelings and holding stereotyped beliefs
about members of the group, as well as a tendency to
discriminate against them. In society, we often see
prejudices based on characteristics like race, sex,
religion, culture, and more.
DISCRIMINATION VS PREJUDICE
Discrimination is the behavior or actions, usually
negative, towards an individual or group of people,
especially on the basis of sex/race/social class, etc.
Sometimes, prejudice is confused with discrimination.
While prejudice involves having negative attitudes
toward members of a certain group, discrimination
occurs when those feelings are acted upon.
 TYPES OF PREJUDICE
RACISM
CLASSISM
HOMOPHOBIA
NATIONALISM
RELIGIOUS PREJUDICE
SEXISM
XENOPHOBIA
CHARACTERISTICS OF PREJUDICE
Emotional overtones
Prejudice is irrational
Prejudice is acquired through the process of learning
and socialization.
Prejudice is functional: Prejudice helps the individual
justify his hostilities, repressed
desires and strengthen feelings of self-esteem and
prestige
Prejudice has no connection with reality
 STEREOTYPES
According to Lippmam, stereotypes are individual
attitudes so strongly inter conditioned by collective
contacts that they become highly standardized and
uniform within the group.
Vinacke has defined stereotypes as “A collection of
trait names upon which a large percentage of
people agree as appropriate for describing some
sort of individuals”. 
Stereotypes lead to social categorization, which is one
of the reasons for prejudiced attitudes (i.e. “them” and
“us” mentality) which leads to in-groups and out-
groups.
Positive examples of stereotypes include judges (the
phrase “sober as a judge” would suggest this is a
stereotype with a very respectable set of
characteristics), overweight people (who are often seen
as “jolly”) and television newsreaders (usually seen as
highly dependable, respectable and impartial). 
Negative stereotypes seem far more common, however.
 TYPES OF STEREOTYPES
GENDER STEREOTYPES
RACE AND EYTHNICITY STEREOTYPES
SEXUALITY STEREOTYPES
DISABILITY STEREOTYPES
AGE STEREOTYPES
RELIGIOUS STEREOTYPES
POLITICAL STEREOTYPES
CHARACTERISTICS OF STEREOTYPES
Either positive or negative
Can be generally true or completely false
Can be held on own groups or on other groups
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN STEREOTYPE AND
PREJUDICE
Stereotypes are non-scientific over-generalizations
about a social group. Stereotypes can be positive or
negative, conscious and unconscious inferences about
a social group. Prejudice is unjustifiable and
negative attitudes toward an individual or group
based on reinforced misinformation about a
social group.
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