Social Cognitive Theory Of Prejudice

Unfortunately, we are living in a world where prejudice and discrimination are very common. This act of judgment could be done by a certain group in an unconscious way. The psychological term for this is an implicit bias which refers to the arrogances or stereotypes that affect the understanding, actions, and decisions in an unconscious behavior. The fact is, our implicit biases affect the way we relate to others in a very real way. Our race, gender, age, religion, or sexual orientation can make the difference between whether we get a job or not, a reasonable paycheck, or a fair payment, or whether we get randomly pulled over or shot and killed for no deceptive reason. What are the social, and cognitive, and emotional origins of prejudice,

In-groups are social groups that individuals identify “us”, or in another words, they favor themselves over everyone else. Out-groups are also social groups with whom they don’t identify “them”. Another form is prejudice is scapegoating, where prejudice is directed at out-groups with little social power. The social cognitive theory opinions prejudice as an attitude acquired through direct instruction. Another view is the realistic conflict theory, which posits that conflict between groups increase the level of prejudice. The social identity theory states that the formation of a person’s identity is explained by social categorization, social identity, and social comparison, which both of these link to social identity and social comparison. There are many forms and examples of prejudice, but the root of the problem is why people are prejudice. Prejudice can come up as a way of justifying social inequality. This happens when people on both sides of power and wealth believe that people get what they deserve and deserve what they get and this is referred to as just-world phenomenon. Social scientists have also acknowledged some mutual social factors that may contribute to the occurrence of prejudice and discrimination. Some of these factors are socialization, conforming behaviors, economic benefits, authoritarian personality, ethnocentrism, group closure, and conflict theory. All of these are all factors that contribute to prejudice and