Prejudice, By Gordon Allport - 1831 Words

Prejudice is one of the major topics in social psychology. It can be explained as an extreme and irrational attitude with three components—stereotype from the cognitive aspect, a strong feeling of hostility from the affective aspect, and discrimination from the behavioural aspect (Barry, 2016). Having prejudice towards someone or something can result in wrong attitude about that particular person or event (Twining, 1998). Hence, reducing such attitude become extremely important to avoid possible consequences of prejudice, such as neglect, violence, crime, and even death, especially for multicultural societies (Barry, 2016). The following essay is going to describe and evaluate several ways of reducing prejudice, especially focus on the contact hypothesis from Gordon Allport and his three conditions in particular. The contact hypothesis is perhaps the earliest formal proposal for reducing prejudice, which was proposed by Gordon Allport in 1954 (Everett, 2013). The main belief of this theory is to encourage intergroup contact in order to reduce prejudice between groups (Barry, 2016). According to Allport, â€Å"prejudice may be reduced by equal status contact between [the groups] in the pursuit of common goals†, especially when it is empowered by institutional supports which help create common interests and humanity among members in the groups (Allport, 1945 cited in Gross, 2005). In other words, Allport believed that all three conditions—equal status, common goals, andShow MoreRelatedPrejudice And Prejudice, By Gordon Allport1707 Words   |  7 PagesIf we take a look at prejudice, which can be defined as socially shared judgement or evaluation of the group including feelings with judgement (Fiske, 2010). Prejudice is one that addresses both explicit and implicit nature (Crisp Turner, 2010). It can also be based upon a number of factors that are effective from a social perspective as well. 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