PSYC 421 Exam 1 (Diversity
Psychology) Question and answers
correctly solved 2025/2026
Which one of the following best describes the following statement: "We tend to associate ourselves
with groups that make sense to us and are attractive to us" - correct answer ✔Social Identity Theory
Which of the following comprises the three aspects of Social Dominance Theory? - correct answer
✔oppression, competition for resources, institutionalization of that dominance
What social "science" did Francis Galton attempt to establish? - correct answer ✔Eugenics
What was the basic idea behind Galton's proposed movement of Eugenics? - correct answer ✔smart
people should breed with smart people and dumb people should not reproduce
In the "Understanding Race" video, what did the American Anthropological Association rule as
"scientifically without bases" in 1998 - correct answer ✔Race
What are the three main aspects of Racism? "it is discrimination that..." - correct answer
✔maintenance of one group's superiority over another is based on biology, the discrimination becomes
institutionalized
The values, beliefs, and behavior shared by a group, but differ for each individual, that are
intergenerationally passed was presented by Doug as a definition of what? - correct answer ✔culture
"citizenship" is to _____________ as ""caucasoid" is to _________________ - correct answer
✔ethnicity, race
Psychology) Question and answers
correctly solved 2025/2026
Which one of the following best describes the following statement: "We tend to associate ourselves
with groups that make sense to us and are attractive to us" - correct answer ✔Social Identity Theory
Which of the following comprises the three aspects of Social Dominance Theory? - correct answer
✔oppression, competition for resources, institutionalization of that dominance
What social "science" did Francis Galton attempt to establish? - correct answer ✔Eugenics
What was the basic idea behind Galton's proposed movement of Eugenics? - correct answer ✔smart
people should breed with smart people and dumb people should not reproduce
In the "Understanding Race" video, what did the American Anthropological Association rule as
"scientifically without bases" in 1998 - correct answer ✔Race
What are the three main aspects of Racism? "it is discrimination that..." - correct answer
✔maintenance of one group's superiority over another is based on biology, the discrimination becomes
institutionalized
The values, beliefs, and behavior shared by a group, but differ for each individual, that are
intergenerationally passed was presented by Doug as a definition of what? - correct answer ✔culture
"citizenship" is to _____________ as ""caucasoid" is to _________________ - correct answer
✔ethnicity, race
