When Hair Is Evaluated in Racial Terms Such That "Bad

question 17

Multiple Choice

When hair is evaluated in racial terms such that "bad" hair is associated with the racial category "black" and good hair with the category "white" it is

• A)reified.
• B)institutionalized.
• C)racialized.
• D)idealized.

Identify the dynamics of self-esteem and its impact on personal and consumer behavior.

Understand stereotype threat and its effects on behavior and performance.

Comprehend the concept of symbolic interactionism and its application to understanding individual behavior in social contexts.

Appreciate the diversity of self-concepts across cultures and the influence of cultural context on self-identity.

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Definitions:

Concrete

Pertaining to material objects, physical construction, or specific, tangible ideas as opposed to abstract concepts.

Symbolic Interaction Theory

Theory that people make sense of the world based on their interpretation of words or symbols used by others.

Semantics

The branch of linguistics and logic concerned with meaning, including the relations between signs and what they denote.

Dissonance Theory

A psychological model proposing that inconsistency among beliefs, attitudes, or behaviors creates discomfort leading to an alteration in one of them to reduce the dissonance.