Members of Subordinate Racial and Ethnic Groups Are Often Used

question 2

Multiple Choice

Members of subordinate racial and ethnic groups are often used as substitutes for the actual source of the frustration;they become______________and are often blamed for societal problems (such as unemployment or an economic recession) over which they have no control.

• A)authoritarian personalities
• B)racists
• C)frustrated nonaggressors
• D)scapegoats

---

Definitions:

Sampling Distribution

A statistical distribution of all possible sample means or sample proportions that could be generated from a population.

Sample Proportion

The ratio of members in a sample that have a particular attribute to the total number of members in the sample.

Probability Distribution

A description of how the probabilities are distributed over the values of the random variable.

Sample Mean

The average calculated from a sample of data, representing the central point or typical value of the sample.