According to Your Text, Black People Were Disproportionately Affected by Hurricane

question 77

Multiple Choice

According to your text, Black people were disproportionately affected by Hurricane Katrina because

• A) individual government officials engaged in interpersonal discrimination.
• B) race and poverty are strongly linked in New Orleans.
• C) explicitly racist policies led to extremely slow responses to the flooding.
• D) the media coverage focused on White people's experiences.

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Definitions:

Schachter and Singer's Study

A landmark psychological experiment on emotion, demonstrating that emotional states result from the cognitive labeling of physiological arousal.

Adrenaline

A hormone and neurotransmitter released in response to stress, increasing heart rate, and energy levels.

Physical Effects

Refer to the changes or impacts on the body or its systems due to external or internal factors.

Schachter-Singer Experiment

A psychological study that explored the connection between cognitive processes and emotions, suggesting emotions result from physiological arousal and situational cues.