White Workers May Use Racial Discrimination Against Non-Whites to Protect

question 82

Multiple Choice

White workers may use racial discrimination against non-whites to protect their position,particularly when upper-tier workers feel threatened by lower-tier workers.What theory is this sort of explanation of prejudice based on?

• A) split labour market theory
• B) social learning theory
• C) authoritarian personality theory
• D) scapegoat theory

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Psychologists who analyze the basic elements of consciousness and how they relate to experience, originating as a school of thought in the 19th century.

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Psychologists who focus on observable behaviors and the ways in which they can be learned or unlearned, excluding the study of internal mental states.

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