Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. The phrase "ethnic population" denotes persons with an interrelated cluster of characteristics: biological, cultural, behavioral, and organizational.
2. Decreased discrimination against an ethnic population may often result in increased social mobility for members of the population.
3. Prejudice is a set of positive beliefs and stereotypes about a category of people.
4. Although prejudice often leads to discrimination, acts of discrimination rarely lead people to develop prejudices against their victims.
5. Intelligence is a characteristic that identifies ethnic group membership.


1. TRUE
2. TRUE
3. FALSE
4. FALSE
5. FALSE

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