A white male lawyer mentors a young Latino female lawyer. According to contact hypothesis, this situation would be unlikely to reduce prejudice because:
A. the Latino lawyer is too young to appreciate the mentoring.
B. people with that much education are rarely prejudiced.
C. the two people do not have equal status.
D. sexism is operating as well as racism.
Answer: C
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a. 4 percent b. 24 percent c. 44 percent d. 64 percent
The ideology that maintains women are inherently inferior and therefore do not deserve as much power, prestige, and wealth as men:
A) patriarchy B) genderism C) sexism D) womanism
Theperson centeredplanningapproachisbasedonpromotingresidents'well-beingbyincreasingtheirperceivedlevelofpersonalcontrolandtreatingthemwith
A. control. B. respect. C. support. D. importance.
According to the conflict perspective, the "haves" (the wealthy and powerful elite)
a. are less prejudiced and are less likely to practice discrimination, because they do not perceive minorities as a threat b. deflect attention away from their own greed and exploitation of workers by perpetuating racial and ethnic tensions. c. are more likely than the middle classes to foster minority privileges, because minorities offer an untapped knowledgeable resource. d. believe more strongly than lower social classes that minorities are biologically inferior and less capable of contributing to society.