Prejudice refers to?

• A. Thoughts, attitudes, and feelings about a group not based on actual experience
• B. Unjust treatment of a group in actions or policies
• C. Oversimplified beliefs about a group
• D. The process of learning by observing others

Answer: (A)

Prejudice is an attitude toward a group that includes thoughts, beliefs, and feelings not grounded in direct experience. This captures the cognitive, affective, and evaluative aspects of prejudice—how someone thinks about a group, the emotions they feel toward it, and the judgments they form without firsthand evidence. It isn’t about how one behaves toward others (that would be discrimination) or about simplified beliefs about a group as a stereotype, nor about learning by watching others (observational learning). So the description focusing on thoughts, attitudes, and feelings about a group without actual experience best fits prejudice.