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Walter Lippmann introduced the term in 1922 to refer to a selection process
that is used to organise and simplify perceptions of others. Stereotypes
are a form of generalisation about some group of people to all people
who belong to that category.
Prejudices refer to negative attitudes toward other people that are based
on faulty and inflexible stereotypes.
Whereas prejudice refers to a people's attitude or mental presentation,
the term discrimination refers to the behavioural aspect, prejudice
in action. See Section 5 |
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