Which of the following is not a salient characteristic specified by the text?
a. Hair texture
b. Tone of voice
c. Skin color
d. Nose shape
Question 2Which of the following is true about the meanings of symbols?
a. They depend on the culture in which they appear.
b. They have no influence on human behavior.
c. They are inherent in the symbol itself.
d. They are always the same, regardless of the context in which they exist.
Question 3The _____ principle states that people categorize others on the basis of what appears initially prominent and obvious about them.
a. stereotypic
b. salience
c. prejudice
d. perception
Question 4A(n) _____ is something that stands for something else, or anything to which people give meaning.
a. symbol
b. culture
c. identity
d. society
Question 5A teacher assumed Ryan is like all Lebanese people. He is experiencing _____.
a. in-group homogeneity effect
b. racial formation
c. ethnicization
d. out-group homogeneity effect
Question 6In their day-to- day lives, most people
a. have to consciously think about their cultural practices.
b. take the expectations of their culture for granted.
c. spend a lot of time questioning why they engage in certain behaviors.
d. ignore their own cultural traditions.
Question 7Stereotypes are:
a. generally only applied to a dominant groups within any society.
b. oversimplified statements of belief about members of a particular group.
c. understood to apply only to a few members of any particular group.
d. generalizations about minorities groups by the dominant group.
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