The Bogardus Social Distance Scale Shows

question 5

Multiple Choice

The Bogardus social distance scale shows

• A)there is a difference in people's willingness to engage in close relationships with members of various racial and ethnic groups
• B)that some racial and ethnic groups weigh more than others
• C)that minority groups and majority groups tend to live in the same neighborhoods
• D)that the majority group does not want to touch minority groups

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Definitions:

Conscious Changes

Deliberate modifications or adjustments made with awareness and intention.

Mutual Adjustments

Describes the process by which parties in a negotiation modify their positions and approaches in response to the other party's actions.

Contrast Error

a bias in evaluating others' performance by overly emphasizing differences between the individual's performance and the group norm, rather than assessing the performance on its own merits.

Absolute Standard

A fixed criterion of measure that remains unchanged over time and under different conditions.