Jane Elliott\'s classroom exercise in prejudice showed that (A) students that ha

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Jane Elliott's classroom exercise in prejudice showed that (A) students that had been discriminated against because of their eye color were less likely to discriminate when they were the dominant group (B) discrimination had no affect on student performance (C) students who had been in the dominant group would not accept being in the "inferior" group (D) none of these. Which of the following is true? (A) Prejudice always leads to discrimination. (B) Only people who are prejudiced practice discrimination. (C) Prejudice and discrimination are two different names for the same thing. (D) None of these statements are true. Which of the following situations demonstrate discrimination ? (A) a woman who is paid less than a man for the same job (B) a person who refuses to do business with a member of a certain ethnic group (C) a group of townspeople who violently attack members of a particular ethnic group (D) all of these The laws of the imaginary country of Lilliput stipulate that anyone who eats their eggs hard-boiled instead of scrambled may not hold public office. Such laws would be an example of (A) genocide (B) differential association (C) institutional discrimination (D) subjective deprivation. One of the limitations of the scapegoat theory of prejudice is that (A) it is contradicted by the fact that people develop prejudices against groups that they have never have been widely criticized (C) it does not explain why some groups are singled out for prejudice while others are not (D) none of these.

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1. Jane Elliott was an anti racist activist known for the Blue eyes- brown eyes experiment

Answer Option D: none of these

When the brown eyed children became dominant, they became equal bullies, the more favoured group was better in their scores and performed much beyond their abilities and the resistance of the blue eyed children is not mentioned explicitly. The only conclusion tells about how they felt on being at the lower end.

2. A) prejudice always leads to discrimination

Prejudice occurs because a person has strong disliking towards something and may or may not reflect in a person's behaviour. Though, discrimination occurs only through the prejudices that a person holds. Hence, discrimination only arises from prejudices.

3. D) all of these

Paying higher to males is a form of sexual discrimination. Attacking members of a particular ethnic group or denying a particular ethnic group to do business is a form of racial discrimination discrimination or racism .

4. C) institutional discrimination

Institutional discrimination can be defined as : the unjust treatment of a group or individual by unequal selection rather than a conscious discrimination, as in this case.

Differential association means the techniques by which individuals learn criminal behaviour

Subjective deprivation refers to the feelings where a person feels deprived or disadvantaged

Genocide is killing of people of a particular ethnic group.

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