Describe the ways that language can be used to perpetuate racial and ethnic stereotypes of Native Americans
What will be an ideal response?
The following are suggested areas for students to address in their essays:
Explain how Native Americans came to be known as "Indians" and explain the significance
of this term
Describe how such terms as "savages" and "heathens" helped to justify the manner in
which European settlers treated the Native Americans
Describe in detail the negative usage of "Indian" imagery in sport and how that perpetuates
negative stereotypes of Native Americans
Encourage students to include their own thoughts about the use of Indian imagery in sport;
especially if they attended a school with an "Indian" nickname
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A researcher wants to know if a new type of exercise improves peoples' health. Would this be a one-tailed or two-tailed test and why?
A) One-tailed because the study is only interested in whether the exercise increases health B) One-tailed because the study only looks at the effects of exercise and does not take other factors into account C) Two-tailed because they will have to study healthy and unhealthy people D) Two-tailed because there is no predicted direction of difference
Broadly speaking, the highest percentage of the dominant group in the United States is found in the
a. North. b. South. c. East. d. West.
Which of the following factors would the Lenskis' approach highlight as bringing about change in society?
What will be an ideal response?
More so than other members of the Chicago School, ______ believed that sociology should emphasize research on data collected from a variety of sources.
a. W. I. Thomas b. Robert Park c. Charles Horton Cooley d. George Herbert Mead