WHAT HAVE SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGISTS CONTRIBUTED TO ATTEMPTS TO REDUCE PREJUDICE?

... WHAT HAVE SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGISTS CONTRIBUTED TO ATTEMPTS TO REDUCE PREJUDICE? Prejudice can be defined as ' a negative judgement of a group and its individual members'. (Myers 2002) In addition to prejudice, there is stereotyping. Some psychologists say that these two words are interlinked. You cannot explain prejudice without explaining stereotyping and vice versa. A stereotype is 'a belief about the personal attributes pf a group of people, sometimes over generalised, inaccurate, and often resistant to new information.' (Myers 2002) There are many reasons why people from prejudices. One might say that it's down to human nature and Darwinism. Others might say it's because of past unpleasant experiences or just a part of society that will not fade away. There are three sources of prejudice; social, emotional and cognitive. Social sources of prejudice include religion, conformity and the social identity theory. Religion is deep rooted in prejudice. For example, there is

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