Harboring Negative Thoughts and Feelings About a Person Simply Because

question 191

Multiple Choice

Harboring negative thoughts and feelings about a person simply because of his or her membership in a particular group defines

• A) discrimination
• B) social judgment
• C) prejudice
• D) chauvinism

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Definitions:

Id

The Id is the part of the personality in Freudian psychoanalysis that contains innate biological instincts and urges, operating on the pleasure principle.

Personality

This refers to the individual differences in characteristic patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving.

Freud

Sigmund Freud, an Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, a method for treating psychopathology through dialogue between a patient and a psychoanalyst.

Superego

In psychoanalytic theory, the part of a person's mind that acts as a self-critical conscience, reflecting social standards learned from parents and teachers.