Altruism Is

question 109

Multiple Choice

Altruism is:

• A) making decisions using heuristic reasoning.
• B) self-interested acts that minimize a person's objective function.
• C) self-interested acts that maximize a person's objective function.
• D) unselfish concern for the welfare of others.

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Definitions:

Social Distance

Bogardus’s concept of the relative distance people feel between themselves and other racial/ethnic groups.

Prejudice and Discrimination

Preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience; discrimination is the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people, especially on the grounds of race, age, or sex.

Theory

A statement that tries to explain how certain facts or variables are related in order to predict future events.

Racialization

The process of attributing complex characteristics (e.g., intelligence) to racial categories.