"(prejudiced mental pictures) unreliable, (stated that something is much bigger, worse, etc., than it really is) (big statements based on very little information) about all members of a group that do not take individual differences into account" (Schaefer 40). (prejudiced mental pictures) can be positive, but are usually connected with negative beliefs or actions such as (assuming certain races of people are more likely to commit crimes).
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The stiff/not flexible personality type dislikes people who are different. "A child with a strict upbringing exactly follow (orders)ed and then later treated others as he or she had been raised (Schaefer 39).
The abuse/mistreatment explanation (of why something works or happens the way it does) involves one group of people, usually the majority, using another group of people for their own money-based gain. "Racial (unfair, pre-decided bad opinions) is often used to give a good reason for keeping a group in a subordinate money-based position' (Schaefer 39). Abuse/mistreatment is seen when a minority group competes with the majority group. "Karl Marx drew attention to abuse/mistreatment of the lower class as an important part of (a system where people own money and valuable things)" (Schaefer 39).
"The normative approach takes the view that (unfair, pre-decided bad opinions) is influenced by (related to social pressure, how people act toward each other, etc.) normal behaviors and situations that encourage or discourage the tolerance of minorities" (Schaefer 40). Normative approach can also be seen as (a person's strong feeling that he or she must do certain things in order to be liked by people of the same age) or the want to go along with the accepted (point of view/way of behaving) of the social …show more content…
"When the position of the most in control group is challenged, race (unfair, pre-decided bad opinions) comes out/becomes visible" (Dangelo 153). Competition can happen between the majority and minority groups or between two minority groups. "Often poor people are competing daily with other poor people and do not easily see the larger (related to social pressure, how people act toward each other, etc.) forces that add/give to their low status" (Schaefer 47-48). Completion is often about (when there's not nearly enough of important or valuable things) such as education, employment and housing.
Prejudiced mental pictures are one more source of intergroup hatred. (makes prejudiced mental pictures) pit whole groups of people against each one another based on nothing more than unreliable (big statements based on very little information) about all members of a group. Prejudiced mental pictures are especially harmful as they do not account for individual differences (Schaefer 40). (prejudiced mental pictures) can happen between minority groups as well as between the majority and minority