If tolerance for other people is taught in schools and in the media, it ____.?
a. ?is likely to have no effect on children whose parents teach prejudice at home
b. ?will likely make a child already exposed to prejudice in the home even more prejudiced
c. ?may have the power to override prejudicial attitudes taught in the home
d. ?will have positive effects for majority groups, but not for minority groups
ANSWER:
c
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a. Gender similarities tend to be underrepresented in publications. b. Journal editors usually prefer to publish studies that demonstrate gender similarities on a particular characteristic. c. The popular press and introductory psychology textbooks typically prefer to emphasize studies in which women perform better than men. d. The popular media usually emphasize social constructionism.
According to _____, as competition increases among social groups for scarce resources, so do prejudice, discrimination, and hatred
a) realistic conflict theory b) discrimination c) stereotypes d) prejudice
A beginning awareness of the symbolic function of pictures emerges
A) at birth. B) between 4 and 6 months. C) in the first year. D) in the third year.
Rats trained in the water memory task have identified the ___ as involved in consolidation; animals given a drug that blocks the neurotransmitter ___ were not able to remember the location of a hidden platform
a. amygdala; acetylcholine b. hippocampus; glutamate c. hippocampal formation; serotonin d. cingulate gyrus; dopamine