UNDERSTANDING PREJUDICE AMONG CHILDREN ROLE OF DEVELOPMENTAL AND SOCIO COGNITIVE FACTORS

Abstract

Allport(1954) defined prejudice as antipathy based upon a faulty and inflexible newlinegeneralization .it may be felt or expressed .it may be directed towards a group as a newlinewhole or towards an individual because he is a member of that group . newlinesome other definitionsJones(1972) prejudice is prior negative judgments of the members of a race or newlinereligion or the of any other significant social role ,held in disregard of the facts that newlinecontradict it. newlineWorchel et al.(1988) an unjustified negative attitude towards an individual based newlinesolely on that individual s membership in a group. newlineBrown (1995)- the holding of derogatory social attitudes or cognitive beliefs, the newlineexpression of negative effect or the display of hostile or discriminatory behaviour newlinetowards members of group on account of their membership in that group. newlineNelson (2002) a biased evaluation of a group, based on real or imagined newlinecharacteristics of the group. newline