A Key Norm for Prison Guards Is Loyalty

question 23

True/False

A key norm for prison guards is loyalty.

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Definitions:

Stereotypes

Oversimplified generalizations about groups of people that may lead to assumptions and judgments without regard for individual differences.

Stereotype

A widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing.

Ethnocentrism

The belief that one’s ethnic group is more normal than others; an emotional source of prejudice because of people’s gut-level feelings about how right their group is—and, in turn, how wrong they think other groups are.

Attitudes

Mental states or orientations that reflect the evaluations, feelings, and propensities toward aspects of our environment, such as people, objects, and ideas.