HUM370 West Coast University
questions with verified answers to pass
Beliefs - correct answer ✔✔Inferences about reality
Attitudes - correct answer ✔✔Consist of a cluster of beliefs
Values - correct answer ✔✔Combination of attitudes that will generate choices and actions
Bias - correct answer ✔✔A preference or inclination, favorable or unfavorable, which inhibits
impartial judgment
Stereotype - correct answer ✔✔A positive or negative trait or traits ascribed to a certain group
and to most members of that group
Prejudice - correct answer ✔✔A negative attitude toward a group and persons perceived to be
members of that group; being predisposed to behave negatively toward members of the group
Bigotry - correct answer ✔✔Extreme negative attitudes leading to hatred of a group and
persons regarded as members of the group
Discrimination - correct answer ✔✔Actions or practices carried out by a member(s) of
dominant groups, or their representatives, that have a differential and negative impact on a
member(s) of subordinate groups
RACE - correct answer ✔✔is an unscientific, social concept of human difference based on skin
color, or the perception of physical difference in the color or skin
, ETHNICITY - correct answer ✔✔which refers to the cultural and historical origins of one's family
NATIONALITY - correct answer ✔✔which refers to the nation of one's citizenship
MINORITY GROUPS - correct answer ✔✔are socially defined subordinate groups in a society
that have less power than the members of the dominant (majority) group
Prejudice - correct answer ✔✔1. Denial
2. Victim-Blaming
3. Avoidance
Denial - correct answer ✔✔Denying the existence or significance of prejudice or discrimination
VICTIM-BLAMING - correct answer ✔✔Identifying individual deficiencies as the cause of
individual problems rather than discrimination against a group
Ex: If Blacks weren't so sensitive...
AVOIDANCE - correct answer ✔✔Acknowledging the existence of prejudice and discrimination
against groups but refusing to address the root causes of their problems
_________________________________________
By offering false or partial solutions:
If we refuse to acknowledge race we could end racism (False)
We could reduce sexism dramatically if we taught about women's contributions to the U. S.
(Partial)
questions with verified answers to pass
Beliefs - correct answer ✔✔Inferences about reality
Attitudes - correct answer ✔✔Consist of a cluster of beliefs
Values - correct answer ✔✔Combination of attitudes that will generate choices and actions
Bias - correct answer ✔✔A preference or inclination, favorable or unfavorable, which inhibits
impartial judgment
Stereotype - correct answer ✔✔A positive or negative trait or traits ascribed to a certain group
and to most members of that group
Prejudice - correct answer ✔✔A negative attitude toward a group and persons perceived to be
members of that group; being predisposed to behave negatively toward members of the group
Bigotry - correct answer ✔✔Extreme negative attitudes leading to hatred of a group and
persons regarded as members of the group
Discrimination - correct answer ✔✔Actions or practices carried out by a member(s) of
dominant groups, or their representatives, that have a differential and negative impact on a
member(s) of subordinate groups
RACE - correct answer ✔✔is an unscientific, social concept of human difference based on skin
color, or the perception of physical difference in the color or skin
, ETHNICITY - correct answer ✔✔which refers to the cultural and historical origins of one's family
NATIONALITY - correct answer ✔✔which refers to the nation of one's citizenship
MINORITY GROUPS - correct answer ✔✔are socially defined subordinate groups in a society
that have less power than the members of the dominant (majority) group
Prejudice - correct answer ✔✔1. Denial
2. Victim-Blaming
3. Avoidance
Denial - correct answer ✔✔Denying the existence or significance of prejudice or discrimination
VICTIM-BLAMING - correct answer ✔✔Identifying individual deficiencies as the cause of
individual problems rather than discrimination against a group
Ex: If Blacks weren't so sensitive...
AVOIDANCE - correct answer ✔✔Acknowledging the existence of prejudice and discrimination
against groups but refusing to address the root causes of their problems
_________________________________________
By offering false or partial solutions:
If we refuse to acknowledge race we could end racism (False)
We could reduce sexism dramatically if we taught about women's contributions to the U. S.
(Partial)
