What is "discrimination"?
a. A typical example of a category
b. Unequal treatment of different groups of people
c. An unfavorable attitude toward a group of people
d. A belief about a group of people
b
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Regarding various ethnic groups and testing, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. As a group, African Americans are more likely than European Americans to live in environments that are physically, educationally, and intellectually impoverished. b. Before the election of Barack Obama, African-American students performed more poorly than European-American students on a 20-item test, while during the election, African-American students performed just as well as their European-American counterparts. c. Most psychologists have concluded that there is significant scientific evidence that group differences in average IQ are based on genetics. d. One study found that placing poor African-American children into European-American adoptive families increased the children's IQs by an average of 13 points.
_____ refer to mental representations of objects, events, or ideas
a. Categories b. Concepts c. Primings d. Networks
Researchers have proposed that African American and Hispanic American adolescents may not fare as well in their academic endeavors because of all of the following reasons EXCEPT __________
a) African American students are more apt to view success as a result of external causes over which they have no control, such as societal biases, rather than internal causes, such as overcoming temporary setbacks by working harder b) African American and Hispanic American adolescents tend to believe that they can succeed despite poor school performance c) African American and Hispanic American students are less likely to subscribe to the belief that effort will lead to success d) African American and Hispanic American students are not born with the intellectual capacity to succeed academically
Of the following, which is the best example of the propinquity effect?
A) Marcie is attracted to Justin because they look alike. B) Maria and Jose are friends because they both have wealthy parents. C) Rob and Laura attended the same college and married each other. D) Chris and Bob both like professional basketball.