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Question 1
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Open Hint for Question 1 in a new window		 A truly pluralistic society would lack unfavorable distinctions made through prejudicial attitudes among racial and ethnic groups.
   
 
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Question 2
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Open Hint for Question 2 in a new window		 The Hate Crimes Statistics Act became law in 1990 and directed the Department of Justice to gather data on hate or bias crimes motivated by the offender's bias against a race, religion, ethnic/national origin group, sexual orientation group, or physical or mental disability.
   
 
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Question 3
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Open Hint for Question 3 in a new window		 Calling a Jewish individual a "kike," or calling a Black individual a "nigger" would be an example of a scapegoat.
   
 
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Question 4
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Open Hint for Question 4 in a new window		 According to Merton's typology, a prejudiced discriminator is called an all-weather bigot.
   
 
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Question 5
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Open Hint for Question 5 in a new window		 Exploitation theory is closely related to the authoritarian personality theory.
   
 
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Question 6
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Open Hint for Question 6 in a new window		 Bruno Bettleheim and Morris Janowitz are responsible for developing the scapegoating theory of prejudice.
   
 
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Question 7
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Open Hint for Question 7 in a new window		 According to the Bogardus social distance scale, permitting a member of a different ethnic or racial group to live on your street or in your neighborhood is the strongest indication of total acceptance of that group.
   
 
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Question 8
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Open Hint for Question 8 in a new window		 The application of the Bogardus social distance scale on a nationwide level in 1926, 1966, and 1991 indicated that "Americans (U.S. White)" scored highest in all three studies.
   
 
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Question 9
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Open Hint for Question 9 in a new window		 Research has consistently indicated that minority group members suffer from debilitating low self-esteem.
   
 
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Question 10
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Open Hint for Question 10 in a new window		 The contact hypothesis is associated with equal-status contact as a way to reduce prejudice.
   
 
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