Practice question · True or false
A man who believes a group is dishonest, feels no hostility toward them, and treats them fairly holds a stereotype without prejudice or discrimination.
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- Three separate components.
- Belief, feeling and behaviour can come apart.
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True
Why
True. Stereotype is the belief, prejudice the feeling, discrimination the behaviour, and they are separable, which is why interventions targeting one often leave the others untouched. It is also why measuring only attitudes predicts behaviour so poorly.
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