What is The Scapegoat Hypothesis? Please provide an example.
What will be an ideal response?
Varies. Students should discuss that this theory links prejudice to feelings of frustration and aggression. People sometimes deal with personal failure by expressing their anger against a substitute target, not against the actual object or person that caused their frustration. For example, someone who has been demoted at work may attack a family member rather than their boss.Learning Objective: 3-2: Understand the different forms and dimensions of prejudice, and the theories and research related to each
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Which theory attributes unequal economic distributions to the structural (especially technological) and cultural differences between countries?
A. world systems theory B. global economic theory C. modernization theory D. neo-colonialism theory
The act of allowing a person to die by withholding an available treatment is known as active euthanasia.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Despite a decrease in tobacco smoking in high-income countries, there has been a global increase in per capita tobacco consumption
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
What is the total fertility rate?
a. average age of women in child bearing years times number of pregnancies b. fecundity minus mortality in one year c. the average number of children that would be born to a woman over her lifetime d. the number of live births per 10,000 people in the population e. the number of live births per 1,000 people in the population