PREJUDICE AND DISCRIMINATION

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• PREJUDICE AND DISCRIMINATION

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• PREJUDICEA NEGATIVE ATTITUDE TOWARD PEOPLE
  SIMPLEY BECAUSE THEY ARE MEMBERS OF A SPECIFIC
  SOCIAL GROUP.
• DISCRIMINATIONA NEGATIVE ACTION TOWARD MEMBERS
  OF A SPECIFIC GROUP
• ETHNOCENTRISMA PATTERN OF INCREASED HOSTILITY
  TOWARD OUTGROUPS ACCOMPANIED BY INCREASED LOYALTY
  TO ONES INGROUP
• IN-GROUP BIASTENDENCY TO GIVE MORE FAVORABLE
  EVALUATIONS AND GREATER REWARDS TO IN-GROUP
  MEMBERS THAN TO OUTGROUP MEMBERS.

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• RACISM
• OLD-FASHIONED RACISMNEGATIVE STEREOTYPES BASED
  UPON WHITE RACIAL SUPERIORITY, COUPLED WITH OPEN
  OPPOSITION TO RACIAL EQUALITY.
• AVERSIVE RACISMATTITUDES TOWARD MEMBERS OF A
  RACIAL GROUP THAT INCORPORATE BOTH EGALITARIAN
  SOCIAL VALUES AND NEGATIVE EMOTIONS, CAUSING ONE
  TO AVOID INTERACTION WITH MEMBERS OF THE GROUP.

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• SEXISMANY ATTITUDE, ACTION, OR INSTITUTIONAL
  STRUCTURE THAT SUBORDINATES A PERSON BECAUSE OF
  HER OR HIS SEX.
• SEXUAL HARASSMENTUNWELCOME PHYSICAL OR VERBAL
  SEXUAL OVERTURES THAT CREATE AN INTIMIDATING,
  HOSTILE, OR OFFENSIVE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT.
• HETEROSEXISMSYSTEM OF CULTURAL BELIEFS, VALUES,
  AND CUSTOMS THAT EXALTS HETEROSEXUALITY AND
  DENIES, DENIGRATES, AND STIGMATIZES ANY
  NONHETEROSEXUAL FORM OF BEHAVIOR OR IDENTITY.