Usually negative, _____ is an attitude or prejudgment.

• A. Bias
• B. Discrimination
• C. Prejudice
• D. Stereotype

Answer: (C)

This item tests understanding of how different terms describe our stance toward groups. The phrase “Usually negative, an attitude or prejudgment” points to prejudice. Prejudice is an attitude—an unfounded or preconceived negative judgment about members of a group. It sits in the affective part of our thinking, shaping how someone feels about a group before any direct experience or evidence, and it typically expresses as a negative bias or feeling toward that group.

This distinguishes it from discrimination, which refers to acting on those beliefs by treating people unfairly; from stereotype, which is a widely held but simplified belief about a group; and from bias, which is a broader predisposition that can be favorable or unfavorable, not exclusively an attitude of prejudgment about a group. The wording’s emphasis on a negative evaluative stance makes prejudice the best fit.