Question

Hal is a police officer who believes that all elderly people are bad drivers. He issues tickets to a lot of elderly drivers. The way that Hal unfairly targets and punishes elderly drivers is best described asa. prejudice.

b. stereotyping.
c. discrimination.
d. subtyping.

Answer 1

The correct answer is C. Discrimination.

Explanation

Discrimination is a social phenomenon in which individuals or social groups undermine the right of expression and freedom of other individuals or groups or give them an unfair treatment. Although discrimination has ideological content, it differs from stereotypes and prejudices, because when there is discrimination there are violent or unjust against an individual or group based on their age, sex, likes, etc. According to the previous ideas, Hal is discriminating older drivers because he issues tickets against them just because he thinks they are bad drivers, which means he gives them an unfair treatment because of their age. So, the correct answer is C. Discrimination

Answer 2

The correct answer is the A, prejudice

Step-by-step explanation:

Hal has this preconceived idea that all elderly people don't know how to drive properly, a prejudice is generally negative idea that can affects a person or a group of people, prejudices can be of different types, socioeconomic, racial, ethnicity related. Most of the times, prejudices are based on stereotypes, for example: young people are not responsible, old people are forgetful, etc.