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Prejudice; the unjustified negative attitude towards an individual or group based solely on their position within certain societal groups. Prejudice is not merely a statement of opinion or belief, but an attitude that includes feelings of contempt, fear and loathing, which results from a preconceived cognition or stereotype. I.E. black people aren’t as smart as white people, all gay men are effeminate etc. These core beliefs more often than not lead to heavily discriminatory behaviour from the in-group in order to undermine the out-group/minority and force them to believe their own stereotypes. This idea can be clearly related back to the movie Remember the Titans where racism, sexism and homophobia were a regular occurrence backed up by†¦show more content†¦The offense table is over there.† – Gerry when Roy tried to sit with him and Julius one day at lunch. The â€Å"Mere Exposure Effect† or â€Å"Familiarity Principle† is a psychological phenomenon in which people tend to favour or develop a preference for something purely because they are familiar with it or have been exposed to it for an extended period of time. An example of this would be, in advertising, when college students were showed a website with a particular advert in the top banner appearing more frequently than others, they were recorded to show a higher preference for that product over any other that was shown. This theory can also work in the reverse, as shown within Remember the Titans; being exposed to the institutionalised stereotyping of African-American people generated a significantly more negative response from students when the school became integrated. This also links in with â€Å"Conformity to Familial Expectations† as, when Gerry told his mother he was meeting Julius to play basketball, she made him come to church with her instead, statin g that he â€Å"shouldn’t be associating himself with them† and in the morning, Gerry openly appeared to reject Julius’ friendship. The word â€Å"prejudice† is defined as a ‘preconceived opinion not based on reason or experience’ and differs from discrimination (prejudicial behaviour) which is an outward action that arises from the prejudgments that one may make about an individual. Discriminatory/prejudicialShow MoreRelatedPrejudice and How It Is Demonstrated in Remember the Titans914 Words   |  4 PagesPrejudice, as defined in psychology, involves holding a negative attitude towards the members of a group, based merely on their membership of that group. Any group can be the focus of prejudice. 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