Prejudice

The Army ended segregation of soldiers based on __________ in 1950.

• Gender

• Religion

• Race

T or F: The U.S. will be less diverse in the future.

• True

• False

T or F: Primary values are shared across many different cultures.

• True

• False

Tom and Rena are team mates. Tom expresses a negative attitude toward Rena. This will probably NOT affect __________.

• Tom's behavior

• Rena's behavior

• Rena's attitude

• Rena's values

When you confront friends who make racist or sexist jokes, you __________.

• challenge your friends to think more carefully about stereotypes

• threaten to insult them on social media

• berate them for being prejudiced

Stereotypes allow people to simplify expectations and __________.

• judge individuals based on their behavior

• fairly apply attributes to all members of a group

• justify categorically rejecting a group

The "us versus them" mindset is one explanation for prejudice. Another is __________.

• a non-dominant group sets the stereotypes for the culture

• some people need to feel superior to others and use the out-group as a scapegoat

• society accepts minority behavior and attitudes

Groups that have __________ can discriminate by passing laws, determining in-groups and out-groups, excluding out-groups, and so on.

• Power

• Prejudice

• Social distance

Ineffective leadership is to blame for __________.

• prejudiced team members

• prejudicial tensions within a team

• social stereotypes

Culture is __________ transmitted from generation to generation.

• learned behavior

• inherited behavior

• learned skills

• inherited values