Growing up in a rural area with little diversity, a young girl hears her family and friends discuss how poor African American women do not deserve governmental assistance, such as welfare, because it is their fault that they are poor. Through ______, this young girl is learning stereotypes, prejudicial behavior, and discrimination.
A. sound scientific arguments
B. socialization
C. functionalism
D. justification
Answer: B
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a. true b. false
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