The Issue of Racial Profiling Has Been a Controversial Topic

question 246

Multiple Choice

The issue of racial profiling has been a controversial topic in the United States for many years, and it was particularly widespread after the events of September 11, 2001. When an individual engages in profiling and assumes that one person must possess certain qualities because of their race or ethnicity, (s) he is engaging in __________

• A) attribution.
• B) discrimination.
• C) stereotyping.
• D) social loafing.

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Definitions:

Natural Selection

A fundamental mechanism of evolution where organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring.

Mental Processes

The internal, covert activities of the mind, such as thinking, feeling, and reasoning.

Ethology

The study of behaviors that are specific to a species.

Psychosexual Development

The process by which libidinal energy is expressed through different erogenous zones during different stages of development.