Which of the following involves an unjustified negative attitude toward an individual because of his or her membership in a group to which you do not belong?
A) discrimination
B) prejudice
C) acculturation
D) stereotyping

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Prejudice involves an unjustified negative attitude toward an individual because of his or her membership in a particular group, which the individual who holds the prejudice does not belong to. Discrimination is the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people or things, especially on the grounds of race, age, sex, or disability. Acculturation refers to the process of cultural change that results from continuous contact between two or more different cultural traditions. Stereotyping is the process of making assumptions about a particular group of people based on limited information.

Which of the Following Involves an Unjustified Negative Attitude Toward