ENGLISH 9

• Descriptive Statement - is just what you think it is. it describes a situation. it simply tells us what is the case.
• Normative Statement - is a claim about something should be.
• Bias - means a tendency to favor a person,group,or thing.
• Prejudice - is an unfavorable opinion or feeling formed beforehand or without knowledge
• Generalization - is a broad statement about a group of people or things.
• Valid Generalization - based on observations, proven by facts, and supported by examples.
• Faulty Generalizations - a type of generalization which is not supported by facts.
• Discrimination - the inevitable situation of mistreatment or criticism of people or groups because of their differences from others.