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Social Psychology (10th Edition)

10th Edition

ISBN:9780134641287

Author:Elliot Aronson, Timothy D. Wilson, Robin M. Akert, Samuel R. Sommers

Publisher:Elliot Aronson, Timothy D. Wilson, Robin M. Akert, Samuel R. Sommers

Chapter1: Introducing Social Psychology

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1. Vladimir moved to the united states from russia four years ago with his family. Vladimir likes living here, and his family has adopted many American traditions and customs. However, they still hold onto many Russian ones, such as the Defender of the Fatherland Day, which is especially important to the family since his grandfather died while in the military service for Russia.What Vladimir and his family are practicing is (a)acculturation(b) amalgamation(c)assimilation (d)racial formation 2. The Thomas Theorem refers to the idea that politics make things a reality. True or false. 3. Prejudices are attitudes that are only racial in nature. True or false. 4. Race is fluid (a)as racial formation attests to its evolving and adaptive history (b)when we realize how the racial category of who is white has changed (c)if we consider the latest development of racial identity in its multi-dimensional form (d)All of the above. 5. Many believe we live in a post-racist era because (a)A bi-racial candidate was elected US president in 2008 (b)slavery is no longer present (c)racial comments in the media are met by condemnation rather than tolerated (d)All of the above 6. Racial profiling is a complicated practice by law enforcement because (a)it tends to result in African Americans being disproportionately stopped (b) police are likely to be white (c)Latinos in Arizona may be legally stopped on the pretext of their residency status (d)All of the above 7. The Internet is an environment (a) that inhibits racism because of the openness and accessibility of any non-commercial web page that exposes a user's ideas (b)that prevents racism because users can always be identified no matter their anonymity or use of pseudonyms, and nobody wants to be labeled a racist (c)that permits users to express racism regardless of age (d)where racism is expressed by older generations who grew up when racism was more prevalent 8. Laws that segregate the population on a racial biases like Jim Crow laws are a thing of the past. True or false. 9. Racial privilege and racial inequality are (a)examples of how society could be better (b)outcomes of cultural problems (c)related to one another, you cannot have one without the other )d)separate things because they affect groups differently 10. Latinos are (a)all speak Spanish, have big families and are Catholic (b)not as successful in education because they value manual work more (c)the largest racial-ethnic group in the country (d)the most successful minority group in business 11. Racism exists in part because (a)media images reinforce the notion of white supremacy (b)there are institutions and laws that operate in society to reinforce racial inequality (c)there are people who believe there are biological races (d)All of the above. 12. A prejudice is formed without a broadly informed understanding of social reality. True or false. 13. Most Arab Americans are Muslim. True or false. 14. The concept that describes Asian Americans as being good role models, successful test-takers, and bad drivers is known as (a) discrimination (b) prejudice (c) bias (d) stereotype

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