The Kerner Commission Report,released in 1968,analyzed

question 17

Multiple Choice

The Kerner Commission Report,released in 1968,analyzed

• A) Mexican immigration to the United States since the end of the U.S.-Mexico War.
• B) the impact of the Vietnam War on the civil rights movement in the United States.
• C) the context and causes of racial violence in American cities in the 1960s.
• D) Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination in Tennessee in April of that year.

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Definitions:

Attribution Theory

The theory that people are motivated to explain their own and other people’s behavior by attributing causes of that behavior to a situation or a disposition.

Dispositional

Pertaining to one's inherent qualities of mind and character, influencing behavior and reactions.

Situational

Relating to or dependent upon a particular set of circumstances or context.

Altruistically

Acting with an unselfish concern for the welfare of others.