When unscrupulous lenders targeted poor and minority home buyers in the run-up to the recent housing bubble, they engaged in the practice of
A. reverse redlining.
B. discrimination.
C. class warfare.
D. ethnic targeting.
Answer: A
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Which of the following statements about age grades is NOT true?
a. They are established by the norms of a society. b. They are the same in all societies. c. They are usually accompanied by a rite of passage. d. They create predictable turning points in an individual's life.
Across history, people have most commonly believed that illness was
a. ?a deserved punishment for bad behavior.
b. ?caused by witchdoctors.
c. ?caused by bad genes.
d. ?caused by bad water.
e. ?caused by cholera.
Which of the following is true of relative deprivation as a social psychological factor for violence?
A. Relative deprivation leads to positive feelings about oneself, which motivates one to use violent means to cope with one's situation. B. Actual satisfaction of the people's needs and their expectations is lower at the time of a revolution than earlier. C. The objective assessment of a deprivation is more important than any attitudes people have toward their deprivation. D. The attitudes of people rather than their objective condition make a situation revolutionary.
) Kevin and Sal are two men taking part in a random assignment experiment about gender identity. Upon their arrival at the experiment they are both given a survey to complete about gender identity. They do so and then wait for their results to be scored by the researchers. First, the researcher debriefs Kevin and tells him that his survey responses indicate that his gender identity is more
feminine than masculine. Next, the researcher debriefs Sal on his results and lets him know that his survey indicates his gender identity is more masculine than feminine. Kevin and Sal are then asked a series of questions about their opinions on homosexuality. Given what you know about other research done on this topic what is most likely the result of the opinion questions? A) Sal will be more likely than Kevin to have a negative view of homosexuality. B) Kevin and Sal are both likely to have negative views of homosexuality. C) Kevin will be more likely than Sal to have a negative view of homosexuality. D) Kevin and Sal are both likely to have positive views of homosexuality.