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According to Adorno, a(n) ________ is a person who is prejudiced and ranks high on scales of conformity, intolerance, insecurity, respect for authority, and submissiveness to superiors.

A) antisocial personality
B) authoritarian personality
C) scapegoat
D) psychosocial personality

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Explain the difference between prejudice and discrimination. Is it possible to be prejudiced but not to discriminate? Or, to discriminate without being prejudiced?

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What is the total number of Latinos in the United States, including the official tally as well as the estimate of those in the United States illegally?

Slavery and apartheid are both examples of the ways in which a country's dominant group exploits minority groups for its economic advantage. What do sociologists call this policy?

People who are prejudiced against one racial or ethnic group tend to be prejudiced against other groups.

Pedro, a legal immigrant from Mexico, and George, a white male whose family has been in America for several generations, have each applied for a car loan at the local bank. Pedro's loan was turned down while George was granted a loan. In comparing their credit history, both men had good credit, and their debts and income were comparable. This is an example of ________ against Pedro.

Who are the Minutemen?

As described in the text, what are the two myths of race?

In society, which group has the greatest power, privileges, and social status?

Ashley Montagu, a physical anthropologist, classified humans into ________ different racial groups.

Discuss the two psychological theories to explain the cause of prejudice and discrimination.

Who is the best-known "Cablinasian"?

Of all ethnic groups, in which group are children most likely to grow up with two parents and least likely to be born to a single mother?

Why does William Julius Wilson believe that class, and not race, is the determining characteristic for African Americans being accepted by the dominant culture?

Identify and describe the six major patterns of minority and dominant group relations.

Predatory lending took a particularly hard hit on African Americans increasing monthly payments for their home mortgages, which caused many to lose their homes when the economic crisis hit.

What is the Implicit Association Test?

Jews are most accurately classified as an ethnic group because they share more cultural characteristics than biological ones.

For the last five years, Sarah has been trying to recover her ethnic heritage by tracing her family line. This attempt to trace her family line is an example of ________.

________ refers to seeing certain features of a situation while ignoring others, and the use of labels to group individual members as if they were all alike.