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Prejudice and discrimination are described as root causes of:Read the answer and worked solution →Everyone belongs to groups defined by gender, race, age and:Read the answer and worked solution →The topics of conformity, social influence, obedience and group processes together demonstrate the power of:Read the answer and worked solution →

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Prejudice and discrimination are described as root causes of:

  1. Language change
  2. Human conflict
  3. Economic growth
  4. Memory failure
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Correct answer: B. Human conflict

1. Social psychology connects intergroup attitudes to real-world harm. 2. Prejudice and discrimination often are root causes of human conflict. 3. That explains how strangers come to hate one another to the extreme of causing others harm. 4. Understanding the mechanism is what makes the topic more than descriptive. _Source: OpenStax Psychology 2e (CC BY 4.0), Ch 12 'Social Psychology', sections 12.1-12.5_

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Everyone belongs to groups defined by gender, race, age and:

  1. A favourite colour
  2. A chosen username
  3. A social economic one
  4. A preferred hobby
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Correct answer: C. A social economic one

1. Group membership is not something a person opts into or out of freely. 2. We all belong to a gender, race, age, and social economic group. 3. Those memberships define in-groups and out-groups. 4. The in-group is the one a person identifies with, and the out-group is the other. _Source: OpenStax Psychology 2e (CC BY 4.0), Ch 12 'Social Psychology', sections 12.1-12.5_

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The topics of conformity, social influence, obedience and group processes together demonstrate the power of:

  1. Individual genetics
  2. Early childhood diet
  3. Random chance alone
  4. The social situation
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Correct answer: D. The social situation

1. Each of those topics studies a different route by which others change a person. 2. The topics of conformity, social influence, obedience, and group processes demonstrate the power of the social situation. 3. They show its power to change our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. 4. That common thread is what makes them one unit rather than four separate ones. 5. Genetic and dietary explanations sit outside social psychology's scope here. _Source: OpenStax Psychology 2e (CC BY 4.0), Ch 12 'Social Psychology', sections 12.1-12.5_

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