Research on the Learning of Prejudice from Parents Shows That

question 202

Multiple Choice

Research on the learning of prejudice from parents shows that children ____.

• A) are more likely to adopt the attitudes of their parents when they are prejudicial than when they are egalitarian
• B) are more likely to adopt the attitudes of their parents when they are egalitarian than when they are prejudicial
• C) adopt whatever attitudes about people that their parents hold
• D) generally do not learn attitudes about people from their parents

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Definitions:

Milgram Experiment

A psychological experiment conducted by Stanley Milgram in the 1960s to study obedience to authority, where participants were instructed to administer electric shocks to another person.

Stanford University Prison Experiment

A psychological study conducted by Philip Zimbardo in 1971 at Stanford University, where students were assigned roles of prisoners and guards to explore the effects of perceived power.

Generalization

Drawing a conclusion about a certain characteristic of a population based on a sample from it.

Logical Support

The provision of reasons or evidence to justify a claim or argument.