Microassaults Are

question 42

Multiple Choice

Microassaults are

• A) unconscious messages that are meant to exclude or negate the feelings, thoughts, and experiences of the target group.
• B) demeaning and threatening messages that are communicated to marginalized groups through our environment
• C) name-calling, acts of violence, avoidant behaviors, telling or laughing at jokes, or discriminatory practices meant to harm those in the target group
• D) ascribing irrelevant descriptors to someone such as "the intelligent female doctor" or "the intelligent African-American lawyer" when a Caucasian male may be introduced simply as "a doctor" or "a lawyer"

Understand Freud's metaphors and their influence on his theory.

Grasp Carl Rogers's views on conditions of worth and their role in self-perception.

Understand the motives behind self-enrichment and concept maintenance.

Understand the basic structure and function of neurons and how they transmit information.

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