What are examples of prejudice?

Question

I have a psychology assignment, to find out 5 different examples of prejudice in everyday life, and how it would possibly interest a Pshychologist.
It is dues Thursday 15th, if you could help it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

Answer 1

You won't learn these yourself if you have others do it for you.

Answer 2

"Prejudice" is not limited only to human beings' perceptions of each other, as is commonly thought of when that word is used.

"Prejudice" can be found in virtually anyone who has a strong opinion about anything: pets, politics, sports, religion, food, music, etc, etc, etc.

If someone has a strong dislike for one thing, even if there is a perfectly logical reason for it (e.g., despising chocolate due to allergies), then that person can be said to be "prejudiced" about that thing. Likewise, a person who hates all blue-eyed people, for whatever reason, is considered "prejudiced".

Of course, in human comparisons, there is a fine line between being "prejudiced" as opposed to "racist" (again, the latter being the more common perception/reaction to the word "prejudice"). So, don't limit your answers to just that of typical human aversions toward other races.

Good luck, and make sure to mention to mention me in your homework assignment! ;)

P.S. There is no point in telling us to give you an answer by the 15th. You'll get it when you get it! It's not *our* problem if you waited until this long to do your classwork! On the other hand, you should definitely take the time to work on your grammatical skills ("It is dues . . . ????").

Answer 3

When I was younger I went to various schools and one school that I went to for a year was predominately black. I never really thought that there was a black way of behaving neither did i realise that because I was a light skinned black person and spoke posh (apparently), would i get bullied. The abuse was more physical than verbal, people of both sexes would beat me up. This happened every day for a year and all the teachers turned a blind eye to it. When I look back on it now i blame the parents. We were all only 10.

Answer 4

Wow. I am not sure what level of education you are at now. I will say look up the word deviancy

de·vi·ant (dē'vē-ənt) Pronunciation Key
adj. Differing from a norm or from the accepted standards of a society.

n. One that differs from a norm, especially a person whose behavior and attitudes differ from accepted social standards.

Answer 5

Racism, we our prefudice to different races by the colour of their skin, religion and culture

Football fans, insult people who support another team

Homophobia, homersexuals receive lots of abuse by heterosexuals

Interests, we tend to disaprove of people's music choice if they don't like the same thing. Or in sport, rugby players tend to not like those who play football.

Social class, the rich are insulted by the poor/middle classes and the rich do not like the poor

Answer 6

Prejudice is simply Judging something before having knowledge of it, examples:

Racial
Hair color
Height
Weight
Clothing
Area of Residence
Career
Geographical
cars
choice of diet



Prejudice is limitless.

Answer 7

Some different prejudices are not liking/hiring/selling a house to... someone because they are:
a different religion
a different nationality
obese
homosexual
man or woman.