HUM 370 Midterm Exam Questions With
Correct Answers
Attitude |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Cluster |of |particular |related |beliefs, |values, |opinions
Beliefs |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Inferences |a |person |makes |about |reality
Bias |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Preference |or |inclination, |favorable |or |unfavorable |that |inhibits |
impartial |judgment
Bigotry |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Extreme |negative |attitudes |leading |to |hatred |of |a |group |and |
persons |regarded |as |members |of |the |group
Confirmation |bias |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Believing |info |that |reinforces |beliefs |already |held |
and |ignoring |info |that |contradicts |these |beliefs
Discrimination |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Actions |or |practices |carried |out |by |a |member |or |
members |of |dominant |groups |or |their |representatives |that |have |a |differential |and |negative |
impact |on |members |of |subordinate |groups
diversity |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-presence |of |human |beings |with |perceived |or |actual |
differences |based |on |a |variety |of |human |characteristics.
ethnicity |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-identification |of |an |individual |according |to |his |or |her |
national |origin/ |distinctive |cultural |patters.
, indoctrination |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-instruction |whose |purpose |is |to |force |the |learner |and |
accept |a |set |of |values
minority |group |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-a |subordinate |group |whose |members |have |
significantly |less |power |to |control |their |own |lives |than |do |members |of |a |dominant |or |majority
|group
nationality: |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-refers |to |the |nation |in |which |an |individual |has |citizenship |
from
prejudice: |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-negative |attitude |toward |a |group, |being |predisposed |to |
behave |negatively |towards |members |of |that |group.
race: |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-social |concept |with |no |scientific |basis |that |categorizes |people |
according |to |obvious |physical |differences |such |as |skin |color
stereotype |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-positive |or |negative |trait |ascribed |to |a |certain |group |and |
to |most |members |of |that |group
values |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-combo |of |attitudes |that |generate |acton |or |the |deliberate |
choice |to |avoid |action
american |values |emphasize |___________, |yet |we |demand |__________ |- |CORRECT |
ANSWER✔✔-individuality, |conformity
american |values |emphasize______________ |yet |we |have |the |highest |economic |and |social |
inequality |of |all |industrialized |societies. |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-equality
values |traditionally |taught |to |kids |represent |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-indoctrination
Correct Answers
Attitude |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Cluster |of |particular |related |beliefs, |values, |opinions
Beliefs |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Inferences |a |person |makes |about |reality
Bias |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Preference |or |inclination, |favorable |or |unfavorable |that |inhibits |
impartial |judgment
Bigotry |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Extreme |negative |attitudes |leading |to |hatred |of |a |group |and |
persons |regarded |as |members |of |the |group
Confirmation |bias |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Believing |info |that |reinforces |beliefs |already |held |
and |ignoring |info |that |contradicts |these |beliefs
Discrimination |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Actions |or |practices |carried |out |by |a |member |or |
members |of |dominant |groups |or |their |representatives |that |have |a |differential |and |negative |
impact |on |members |of |subordinate |groups
diversity |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-presence |of |human |beings |with |perceived |or |actual |
differences |based |on |a |variety |of |human |characteristics.
ethnicity |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-identification |of |an |individual |according |to |his |or |her |
national |origin/ |distinctive |cultural |patters.
, indoctrination |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-instruction |whose |purpose |is |to |force |the |learner |and |
accept |a |set |of |values
minority |group |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-a |subordinate |group |whose |members |have |
significantly |less |power |to |control |their |own |lives |than |do |members |of |a |dominant |or |majority
|group
nationality: |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-refers |to |the |nation |in |which |an |individual |has |citizenship |
from
prejudice: |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-negative |attitude |toward |a |group, |being |predisposed |to |
behave |negatively |towards |members |of |that |group.
race: |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-social |concept |with |no |scientific |basis |that |categorizes |people |
according |to |obvious |physical |differences |such |as |skin |color
stereotype |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-positive |or |negative |trait |ascribed |to |a |certain |group |and |
to |most |members |of |that |group
values |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-combo |of |attitudes |that |generate |acton |or |the |deliberate |
choice |to |avoid |action
american |values |emphasize |___________, |yet |we |demand |__________ |- |CORRECT |
ANSWER✔✔-individuality, |conformity
american |values |emphasize______________ |yet |we |have |the |highest |economic |and |social |
inequality |of |all |industrialized |societies. |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-equality
values |traditionally |taught |to |kids |represent |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-indoctrination
