If Integrated Schools Provide Equal-Status Contact, What Is the Most

question 133

Multiple Choice

If integrated schools provide equal-status contact, what is the most likely reason that prejudice was not reduced?

• A) the failure of schools to truly integrate
• B) the prejudices of the teachers and administrators
• C) minority-group children being unprepared to compete academically on an equal footing
• D) superordinate goals preventing the minority-group children from succeeding

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Definitions:

Habituation

The process by which an organism decreases or ceases its responses to a repetitive or prolonged stimulus, indicating a basic form of learning.

Behavioral Contrast

occurs when a change in the conditions of reinforcement for one behavior leads to a change in the rate of responding for another behavior.

Disinhibition

The process by which a suppressed behavior is re-expressed following the removal or reduction of inhibition or restraint.

Habituation

The psychological process where there is a decrease in response to a stimulus after being repeatedly exposed to it, signifying a form of learning or adaptation.