Prejudice Is Best Defined as

question 346

Multiple Choice

Prejudice is best defined as

• A)the tendency to favor members of one's own group.
• B)an unjustifiable attitude toward a group and its members.
• C)a perceived incompatibility of actions or goals.
• D)the belief that victims of misfortune deserve their fate.

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Definitions:

Reciprocal Determinism

A concept in psychology that suggests that a person's behavior both influences and is influenced by personal factors and the social environment.

Self-actualization

Achieving one's full potential and realizing one's abilities and qualities as much as possible.

Psychodynamic Theory

A theoretical approach in psychology that emphasizes unconscious processes and conflicts as key to understanding human behavior and mental processes.

Classical Conditioning

An educational method where two different stimuli are continually associated together, leading to a response initially provoked by the second stimulus but ultimately triggered by the first stimulus alone.