What Did the Supreme Court Determine in Adarand Constructors V

question 36

Multiple Choice

What did the Supreme Court determine in Adarand Constructors v.Peña?

• A)affirmative action policies must be scrutinized using the same suspect standard that is used for other policies classifying people by race
• B)affirmative action policies are subject to an intermediate standard whereby they are presumed to be permissible
• C)affirmative action policies may be broadly tailored to accomplish a compelling government interest
• D)affirmative action policies must be designed to address past discrimination without taking into account race,ethnicity,religion,or creed -Consider This: This decision made it more difficult for the federal government to implement affirmative action programs.

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Definitions:

Behaviorism

A theory of learning based on the idea that all behaviors are acquired through conditioning and interaction with the environment, minimizing the role of heredity.

Skinner

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Structuralism

A methodological principle in psychology and social sciences focusing on analyzing the basic components of complex phenomena, traditionally associated with Wilhelm Wundt and Edward Titchener.

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