Question

It is a general perception that people with mental illnesses are prone to violence. Although there are a few isolated cases of mentally ill people who have a tendency towards violence, if we look at the statistics, they show that mentally ill people are no more violent than people who have not been diagnosed with a mental health condition. This generalization that all mentally ill people are violent is an example of:

	a)	Discrimination
	b)	Prejudice
	c)	Harassment
	d)	Medicalization

Answer 1

The correct answer is option B

Explanation :Discrimination is different and unfair treatment to a group of people who are perceived as different. Prejudice is forming a preconceived notion or idea of a person based on the group a person belongs to. Harassment is aggressive pursuit or intimidation. Medicalisation is treatment of normal human conditions and problems as medical conditions.

Thus as we can see from the explanation that option B is the correct answer