What were the "doll studies" conducted by social psychologists Kenneth and Mamie Clark in the 1930s and 1940s? How does this study relate to the experiences of Asian American women?
What will be an ideal response?
Varies. Students should discuss that the Clarks showed pairs of white and black dolls to a sample of young African American children and asked them a series of questions such as "which doll is pretty?" "Which doll is nice?" They documented a preference for the white doll, which they interpreted as evidence that the children had internalized white standards of beauty and developed negative self-images as a consequence. Asian American women, like most women in modern U.S. society, are pressured by the cultural message that physical beauty should be among their most important concerns. As racial minorities, they are also subjected to the additional message that they are inadequate by Anglo standards and that some of their most characteristic physical traits are devalued in the larger society.
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a. conservative theorists b. symbolic interactionist theorists c. conflict theorists d. functionalist theorists
The nomothetic model of explanation is probabilistic in its approach to causation
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Critical theories direct our attention to structure and practices by which societies accord more or less privilege and power to different groups. 2. Three significant claims: All perspectives in social life are partial, some perspectives are more partial than others, and a standpoint is earned by developing political awareness of power differences among social groups. 3. A social location is a group to which an individual belongs but is not a standpoint. A standpoint is earned through critical reflection on power relations and engagement in an oppositional stance to the dominant one. 4. Marginalized people can generate unique insights on how a society works by offering perspectives outside the cultural center. 5. Some theorists assert that for survival, those in subordinate positions must understand their own positions, as well as those of individuals with more power.
Among the more economically developed countries of the world, the greatest increase in poverty in the last ten years has been in ____
a. Central Asia b. West Africa c. Eastern Europe d. Central America e. Southern Asia