The Principal Weapons in the Protection of Dominant Group Privilege

question 47

Multiple Choice

The principal weapons in the protection of dominant group privilege are __________.

• A)prejudice and discrimination
• B)economic boycotts
• C)beliefs and values
• D)attitudes and inaction
• E)political supplication and economic retaliation

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Definitions:

Information-Processing Theorists

Scholars who study how humans mentally process information from their environment, drawing analogies with computer processing.

Short-Term Memory

The part of the memory system where information is stored for a short duration, typically seconds to minutes, without rehearsal.

Information-Processing Theorists

Scholars who study how humans mentally process and store information, drawing analogies to computer processing.

Precausal Reasoning

A type of thinking observed in young children where they make causal inferences that are not based on conventional logic or a clear understanding of cause and effect.