The Dramatically Different Responses of the African American and European

question 26

Multiple Choice

The dramatically different responses of the African American and European American communities to the O. J. Simpson trial were used in the textbook as an example of

• A) the historical development of racial categories.
• B) important events in the history of multicultural psychology.
• C) differing definitions of culture.
• D) differences in worldview.

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Definitions:

Latent Memory Traces

Nonconscious memories that, while not presently accessible, can influence behavior and thought processes.

Ancestral Past

The history and lineage of one's predecessors or the evolutionary history of a species.

Moral Component

The element of decision making that pertains to what is right and wrong, ethical and unethical.

Personality

An individual’s unique constellation of consistent behavioral traits.