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1. What is Prejudice? When a person is described as being 'prejudice' it means they hold a certain set of attitudes, assumptions or mental set towards some target, that their views have become fixed in such a way that the person is reluctant to change them (Hayes, 1994). Prejudice literally means 'pre-judgement' (Hogg & Vaugham, 1995). A prejudice is developed on the basis of a pre-judgement of a person or a situation, where a person has already made assumptions or beliefs on an issue and is generally not interested in any other possibilities or explanations. Prejudice can be both positive and negative. When the prejudice is positive, it may be that a person is favoured and therefore everything that the person does is interpreted as being good. In general when the term prejudice is used, it is usually in the negative form. Prejudice often refers to a negative affective or emotional...

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