A negative attitude toward an entire category of people, often racial or ethnic groups, is called
a. prejudice
b. pluralism
c. assimilation
d. discrimination
prejudice
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a. Social media can create confusion because typed communication lacks tone. b. Social media train us to be more attentive to our communications in the real world. c. Social media damage our capacity for face-to-face social interaction. d. Social media is basically equivalent to our interactions in the real world.
What change in women’s place in society most clearly distinguished Iris Summers from her daughters and granddaughters?
a. her daughters and granddaughters could decide when they wanted to have children by using effective means of birth control and having the choice to terminate their pregnancies safely and legally b. her daughters and granddaughters were more likely to engage in premarital sex and marry at a much later age c. her daughters and granddaughters could run for political office without prejudice d. her daughters, and especially her granddaughters, were much more likely to want and need to work outside the home
Every evening at a neighborhood bar, the clientele-which consists of construction workers, police officers, plumbers, and factory workers-watches sports events on the big screen television set and play pool. The people who hang out in this bar are an example of a
A. class. B. power group. C. caste. D. status group.
The relatively high fertility rate among Latinos partly explains the growth of their population in the country as a whole. What is one of the reasons for this pattern?
What will be an ideal response?