Texas Peace Officer Exam- Multiculturalism & Human Relations Solved 100%

Attitude: - ANSWER-an organized and relatively unchanging combination of person's knowledge and feelings about someone or something that influences him/her to behave in a certain way in regard to that person or thing. Race: - ANSWER-to groups of people with common ancestry and physical characteristics. Since no 'pure' races remain, some prefer to avoid reference to race and instead discuss group differences under the heading of ethnicity. Ethnicity: - ANSWER-shared culture and background. Members of an ethnic group usually have common ancestry and generally share language, religion, and other cultural patterns. Ethnocentrism: - ANSWER-the act of regarding one's culture as the center of the universe and hence as the basis for all comparisons with other cultures. Prejudice: - ANSWER-an adverse judgment or opinion formed beforehand or without knowledge of or examination of the facts; bias. Culture: - ANSWER-- a way of thinking and acting based on tradition. Learned behavior passed down from one generation to another. Discrimination: - ANSWER-to act on the basis of prejudice Scapegoat: - ANSWER-provides a convenient group or person to blame when things go wrong in one's personal life or in the community. (scapegoating) Projection: - ANSWER-provides an outlet for projecting one's tensions and frustrations onto other people. Authoritarian Personality: - ANSWER-symbolizes one's affiliation with a more dominant group. Societal Strain: - ANSWER-owes justification for various types of discrimination which are thought to be of advantage to the dominant group.