People report experiencing very little discrimination personally,but they do perceive discrimination against their group.This discrepancy is called

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This discrepancy between personal experience and perception of discrimination is known as personal/group discrimination. Cognitive dissonance is a state of psychological discomfort when holding two conflicting beliefs or values. The fundamental attribution error refers to the tendency to overemphasize dispositional factors and underemphasize situational factors when explaining others' behavior. Stigma conditioning refers to the process in which a previously neutral stimulus becomes associated with a negative response due to repeated pairings with a negative stimulus.

People Report Experiencing Very Little Discrimination Personally,but They Do Perceive