Across
- 4. When people of a minority group abandon their cultural traditions and adopt the cultural traditions of the dominant majority
- 5. _________bias refers to the attitudes and beliefs we have about a person or group on a conscious level
- 6. groups of people singled out for unequal treatment and who regard themselves as objects of collective discrimination
- 8. _________ bias a form of bias that occurs automatically and unintentionally, that nevertheless affects judgments, decisions, and behaviors
- 9. __________ theory holds that people blame another person or group for their problems, typically the powerless, when they cannot direct their anger at the appropriate agent.
- 13. the actual or attempted systematic annihilation of a race or ethnic group that is labeled as less than fully human
- 14. __________ Personality Theory sees prejudice as the result of personality development throughout the life-course
- 15. __________ racism negative treatment of a minority group that is built into society’s institutions
- 16. a synonym for white or of European, Middle Eastern, or North African ancestry
- 18. The most genetically similar of all species
Down
- 1. Prejudiced ideas and stereotypes put into action
- 2. used to designate all individuals or groups of individuals who are identified or self-identity with the racial/ethnic membership attributed to Latin American origin and/or ancestry
- 3. unfair treatment directed toward someone based on prejudice
- 5. Shared cultural characteristics, or shared ancestral origins.
- 7. When groups are kept apart from each other
- 10. permits or encourages ethnic variation
- 11. is prejudging of some sort, usually in a negative way
- 12. the dominant group; they have greater power, more privileges, and higher social status
- 17. _________ Theory holds that we live in a culture of prejudice and that prejudicial attitudes are transmitted through generations culturally