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- University of Minnesota Libraries - Sociology - Prejudice
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- GoodTherapy - Prejudice and Discrimination
- Verywell Mind - What Is the Psychology Behind Prejudice?
- Open Text WSU - Principles of Social Psychology - Prejudice
- Dallas Baptist University - Prejudice
- The University of Hawaiʻi Pressbooks - Prejudice and Discrimination
- Key People:
- Henri Tajfel
- Morris Janowitz
- Related Topics:
- anti-Semitism
- homophobia
- sexism
- racism
- audism
prejudice, adverse or hostile attitude toward a group or its individual members, generally without just grounds or before sufficient evidence. It is characterized by irrational, stereotyped beliefs. In the social sciences, the term is often used with reference to ethnic groups (see also racism), but prejudice can exist toward any manner of person or group on the basis of factors that have nothing at all to do with ethnicity, such as weight, disability, sexual orientation, or religious affiliation.