Question

Explain the relationship among bias, prejudice, stereotyping, and discrimination. (200 words)

Answer 1

Bias means treating one thing better than the other, it comes in many forms which includes gender,ethnicity,age,race etc. The Biased individual believes that they are applying the other people are right without regard for the truth. Bias is the tendency or the preference towards particulars  ideology or perspective, The unchecked bias will lead to prejudice. An individual behaves in a prejudicial manner when she or he has an emotional reaction to the another individual or the team of individuals based on the preconceived ideas about the individual or the team. Prejudiced individual thinks about other solely in terms of their stereotypes. Prejudice is a consequence of people in not able to realize the limitations in their ethnocentric and stereotypical thinking.
Prejudice sometimes leads to stereotype. Stereotypes are defined as it is a generalized images we have about groups of people,specially about their underlying personality traits or  psychological characteristics. It is about judging the people on the once's perception of a group to which she or he belongs to. These both prejudice and the stereotype will lead to someone treating others who are member of a specific group unequally, it is called as discrimination. Discrimination is an unjustified negative behaviors toward individual or team based on their group membership.