Question 1

1 out of 1 points
According to the group threat theory, _____.

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Question 5

Selected
Answer:

prejudice arises from competition over jobs and other resources and from disagreement over
various political issues

Correct
Answer:

prejudice arises from competition over jobs and other resources and from disagreement over
various political issues

1 out of 1 points
During the era of "_____" racism in the South, several thousand African Americans were lynched.
Selected Answer:

Jim Crow

Correct Answer:

Jim Crow

1 out of 1 points
A(n) _____ is a subsection of a population with a set of shared social, cultural, and historical experiences; with
relatively distinctive beliefs, values, and behaviors; and with some sense of identity of belonging to the
subgroup.
Selected Answer:

ethnic group

Correct Answer:

ethnic group

1 out of 1 points
There is evidence of banks rejecting mortgage applications for people of color who wish to live in supposedly
"high-risk" neighborhoods, and of insurance companies denying homeowners insurance or else charging higher
rates for homes in these same neighborhoods. Practices like these that discriminate against houses in certain
neighborhoods are called _____.
Selected Answer:

redlining

Correct Answer:

redlining

1 out of 1 points
"Improvement associations" in white neighborhoods and real estate agencies worked together to implement
_____ among property owners that stipulated they would not sell or rent their properties to African Americans.
Selected Answer:

restrictive covenants

Correct Answer:

restrictive covenants

Question 6

1 out of 1 points
Ethnic _____ is the sense of self-worth that many people derive from their ethnic backgrounds.

Question 7

Selected Answer:

pride

Correct Answer:

pride

1 out of 1 points
_____ personalities are said to develop in childhood from harsh parental discipline, and are linked to racial and

ethnic prejudice.

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Question 12

Selected Answer:

Authoritarian

Correct Answer:

Authoritarian

1 out of 1 points
_____ refers to the preferential treatment of minorities and women in employment and education.
Selected Answer:

Affirmative action

Correct Answer:

Affirmative action

1 out of 1 points
"_____" is a type of racial prejudice and refers to the feelings about interacting with members of other races and
ethnicities.
Selected Answer:

Social distance

Correct Answer:

Social distance

1 out of 1 points
According to Elijah Anderson, a(n) "_____" exists among African Americans in urban areas that contributes to
high levels of violent behavior. But he emphasized that this type of culture stems from other difficulties these
citizens face in their daily lives and helps them deal with these difficulties.
Selected Answer:

oppositional culture

Correct Answer:

oppositional culture

1 out of 1 points
_____ is a set of negative attitudes, beliefs, and judgments about whole categories of people, and about
individual members of those categories, because of their perceived race and/or ethnicity.
Selected Answer:

Prejudice

Correct Answer:

Prejudice

1 out of 1 points
_____ is the shared social, cultural, and historical experiences, stemming from common national or regional
backgrounds, that make subgroups of a population different from one another.
Selected Answer:

Ethnicity

Correct Answer:

Ethnicity

Question 13

1 out of 1 points
Symbolic racism involves _____.
Selected Answer:

a belief that African Americans' poverty is due to their cultural inferiority

Correct Answer:

a belief that African Americans' poverty is due to their cultural inferiority

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Question 15

1 out of 1 points
_____ is/are simplified, mistaken generalizations about people because of their race and/or ethnicity.
Selected Answer:

Stereotypes

Correct Answer:

Stereotypes

1 out of 1 points
In this view, people who are prejudiced are merely conforming to the culture in which they grow up, and
prejudice is the result of socialization from parents, peers, the news media, and other various aspects of their
culture.
Selected Answer:

Social learning theory

Correct Answer:

Social learning theory