SOCSCI Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Gordon Allport, Stereotype, Aswang

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Intended learning outcomes: at the end of this chapter, the students are expected to: discuss the different human rights and their values to peace-making, explain the importance of upholding human dignity in the achievement of sustainable peace. According to psychologist gordon allport on 1958, prejudice and stereotypes emerge in a part as a result of human thinking. In order to make sense of the world around us, it is information into mental categories. ""the human mind must think with aid of categories"" allport explain in his book, the report of prejudice. Once formed, categories are the basis for normal pre judgement. Prejudice is an unjustified or incorrect attitude (usually negative) towards an individual based solely on the individual"s membership of a social group even if it lacks of basis. For example, ""i hate yankees fan, they make me angry"". This feeling may influence treatment of others, to discrimination.

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