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sjones

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Discuss the link between prejudice and overcategorization.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

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What factors cause prejudice?
 
  What will be an ideal response?


juliaf

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Reply #1 on: Aug 8, 2018
Answer to Question 1

overcategorization is the tendency to make judgments about a person based on an imagined racial/ethnic category, Tendency is often sparked and/or enhances by prejudices or biases concerning particular groups

Answer to Question 2

social norms, ethnocentrism, social learning, financial insecurity


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