According to John Ogbu, the emergence of an oppositional peer culture among minority students leads to
A) students opposing peers who bring their culture into disrepute.
B) minority students rejecting the idea that they are discriminated against.
C) peer rejection of those minority students who try to do well in school.
D) higher motivation to achieve, as a way of proving that prejudices are wrong.
Answer: C
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a. prejudice b. stereotype c. discrimination d. displaced aggression
Which of the following factors increases the tendency to conform?
A) Belonging to a collectivist society B) Decreased social shyness C) High self-esteem D) Valuing being right over being liked
A case study
a. is an intensive study of a single individual or group. b. is a form of observational research. c. cannot be used to test a causal hypothesis. d. all of the these.
When the quarterback threw a game-winning pass, he attributed his success to his great skill. When he threw a disastrous interception, he attributed his failure to a gust of wind. This pattern represents:
a. the fundamental attribution error b. a self-fulfilling prophesy c. elaboration likelihood d. the self-serving bias