Pluralism #1 cards

bias, stereotype, prejudice, bigotry

Danny has worked hard all his life to send his children to college. He went to a parent teacher meeting and participated in his sons’ school activities. He was frugal with his money, missing vacations and expensive activities, to save for a college fund. To Danny education is a(n)

value

Qwashma is a 16 year old girl. She does not want to dress in styles her parents like because she insists that she wants to show her own individual style; however, she and her friends dress exactly alike, even sharing clothing, jewelry, makeup and hair coloring. What is Qwashma demonstrating?

Consistent inconsistency

Six year old Jhante insists he can dress himself for school alone but he often ends up wearing strange combinations of superhero costumes and cowboy boots. His mom wants him dress nicely so in the morning she lays out 2 shirts and 2 pants for him to pick from. What approach is Jhante’s mother using to get him to dress nicely?

Limited choices

Dr. Cartaina assigns his students in an introductory education class to watch a movie about a great teacher and discuss the difficulties and triumphs the teacher faced during class. In what way is Dr. Cartaina teaching the value of perseverance to his students?

By providing inspirational materials

As a teenager, Je questions his parents’ values and wants to make up his own mind about his life. His parents insist that to question them goes against the family and they expect him to accept their values without question. What does this way of teaching values illustrate?

Indoctrination

Joe is an accountant who believes that women are not good in mathematical professions. He is in charge of hiring someone to help out in his business part time. After interviewing two candidates, he hires the male over the female although she was better qualified for the job. This is an example of what concept?

Discrimination

Put the following terms in order from least intensity to strongest intensity.

bias, stereotype, prejudice, bigotry

Which of the following statements is not accurate about stereotypes?

Stereotypes allow accurate perceptions about others to be formed.

How can teachers encourage students to overcome confirmation bias?

By teaching students to be open minded when faced with contradictory or ambiguous information.

Calvin, a Caucasian man from South Africa, moved to the United States at the age of 20 to go to school for physical therapy. He stayed in the United States and became a U.S. citizen. During a session his client, Nanci, noticed his unusual accent and asked him where he was from. When he replied South Africa, the client smiled and said, “Well, you are the first white African American I have ever met.”  This made Calvin uncomfortable and he quickly changed the subject. Was Nanci correct in saying Calvin was a white African American?

 

Yes, Calvin’s race was white and his ethnicity was African and his nationality was American.

How are group labels and human behavior related?

Prejudice is often based upon those labels.

Why is name calling as damaging to the dominant group members as to the minority group members?

It creates boundaries that cannot be crossed without difficulty.

Socially derisive terms used in bureaucratic contexts

have the sanction of authority therefore promoting powerful negative messages.

Terry believes that teenagers are lazy troublemakers even though he has  
experienced many teenagers who work hard at their jobs and in school. When he sees a teenager not working or reads a newspaper story about a teenager who gets in trouble, he complains loudly about the lack of work ethic in teenagers today. What is Terry exhibiting?

Confirmation bias

You are at a meeting. In the meeting are 12 white males, 14 black males, 2 Latino males, 29 White females, 36 black females and 4 Latina females. Which group would be considered the majority or dominant group by American standards?

White males

Socially derisive terms used in bureaucratic contexts

Group of answer choices

demonstrate that poor people are culturally flawed.

need to be considered carefully in order to reduce stereotyping.

are less harmful than informal social labels.

have the sanction of authority therefore promoting powerful negative messages.

need to be considered carefully in order to reduce stereotyping.