You hear someone on the bus say that "all women cry easily" and "all Jews are greedy. " These are examples of ______.
A. prejudice
B. individual discrimination
C. institutional discrimination
D. stereotypes
Answer: D
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a. total fertility rate b. crude birth rate c. refined birth rate d. average maternal rate
?In the study conducted at the Willowbrook State School, doctors
a. ?purposely infected children with hepatitis. b. treated children who had hepatitis. c. intervened to improve the horrendous conditions in which children were living. d. cut short their experiment once they realized hepatitis could be cured with new drugs. e. found a cure for hepatitis through unethical methods.
According to the text, the three things O. J. Simpson had in his favor during his trial that Whites have historically had in their favor were the ability to buy a good defense, a face not stereotypically associated with crime, and:
A. a jury composed of members of one's own race. B. media coverage that is on one's side. C. a corrupt judicial system. D. unequal sentencing policies based on the race of one's victim.
The unemployment rate for men and women tends to suggest that ________.
A. the rates are several percentage points higher for men B. the rates are identical C. the unemployment rate is much higher for women than it is for men D. the rates have tended to be equal, or to be higher for men than for women