Being prejudiced towards someone implies: A. To judge them negatively. B. To…

Prejudice is a preconceived, unfavourable attitude or judgment held about a person or group without adequate reason or firsthand experience. As a negative bias, it typically shows up in three ways: forming a negative judgment about the target, showing a lack of respect for people who are different, and treating members of the group unequally through discrimination. It is not the same as believing the target group to be superior — that belief is not, by itself, a defining feature of prejudice.

Checking each statement against this definition: "To judge them negatively" describes the negative-judgment component of prejudice. "To disrespect those who are different" describes the lack-of-respect component. "To discriminate against members of a group" describes the behavioural, discriminatory component. "To consider them superior", however, describes a superiority belief, which is not part of how prejudice is defined — a prejudiced attitude is a negative bias against the target, not a view that the target is superior.

• The combination "A, C and D" brings together exactly the negative-judgment, disrespect, and discrimination components — the full set consistent with the definition above.

• The combination "B, C and D" replaces the negative-judgment statement with the superiority statement, substituting a component outside the definition for one within it.

• The combination "A, B, C and D" adds the superiority statement on top of the three definitional components.

• The combination "A, B and C" includes the superiority statement along with the negative-judgment and disrespect statements, but leaves out the discrimination statement altogether.

So, what being prejudiced implies is captured by "A, C and D": judging negatively, disrespecting those who are different, and discriminating against the group.