Prejudice

By Renée Grinnell

A baseless, generally negative attitude toward and stereotyped beliefs about members of a certain group.

Example: A person who believes that Asian people are smarter than Latinos is prejudiced against Latinos.


    Last reviewed: By John M. Grohol, Psy.D. on 9 Mar 2009

 

 
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