What Kind of Family Environment Most Closely Resembles the Optimal

question 7

Multiple Choice

What kind of family environment most closely resembles the optimal classroom environment?

• A) authoritarian
• B) authoritative
• C) indifferent
• D) autocratic

Familiarize with social psychological theories explaining the origins and maintenance of prejudice and discrimination.

Identify specific stereotypes associated with racial and gender groups and their manifestations in prejudice and discrimination.

Understand the mechanisms through which stereotypes affect interpersonal and intergroup interactions.

Recognize the role of system justification theory in the maintenance of social inequality.

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