Which of the following is NOT a goal that can be accomplished through strategies for handling prejudice? |
Correcting stereotypes related to specific target groups. Minimising opportunities for learning prejudices. Increasing intergroup conflict. Discouraging the tendency towards self-fulfilling prophecy. |
Increasing intergroup conflict. |
The initial step in effectively addressing prejudice involves gaining knowledge about its causes or origins. Consequently, the strategies employed to handle prejudice would be successful if they focus on: (a) Minimizing opportunities that facilitate the acquisition of prejudiced beliefs. (b) Altering such attitudes that contribute to prejudice. (c) Deprioritizing a narrow social identity centered around the ingroup. (d) Discouraging the inclination towards self-fulfilling prophecies among prejudice victims. |