Deck 6: African Americans

Question 1

In a study by Xie and colleagues of inner-city lower socioeconomic African American children, popularity was based on:

A) aggressive behavior
B) athletic abilities
C) being a good student
D) social skills

Answer 1

being a good student

Question 2

In a study of adolescents by Herman and colleagues,_______ was associated with depression among African Americans and________ was associated with depression among European Americans.

A) family conflict, low family cohesion
B) authoritative parenting, authoritarian parenting
C) low family cohesion, family conflict
D) single parenting, single parenting

Answer 2

low family cohesion, family conflict

Question 3

Discrimination is most likely to result in depression for an African American with a_________ ideology.

A) humanist
B) oppressed minority
C) nationalist
D) marginal

Answer 3

humanist

Question 4

In a study of the families of schizophrenics,_________ were associated with a lower likelihood of relapse of schizophrenic symptoms among African Americans.

A) warmth and support
B) coldness and rejection
C) understanding and sympathy
D) critical and intrusive behaviors

Question 5

Among low income children, a high-achieving student who student likes the challenge of seeing who is the best and dislikes having the second highest test score in the class is most likely to be preferred as a friend by:

A) African Americans
B) European Americans
C) both African Americans and European Americans
D) no one

Question 6

Based on research by Sekaquaptewa and colleagues, African Americans in work situations in which they are the only African American:

A) are usually successful in assimilating
B) do not feel that their performance reflects on other African Americans
C) tend to become competitive
D) become more aware of race as part of their identity

Question 7

Slavery did not develop on a large scale in New England because:

A) there was no crop, such as tobacco, that required slave labor
B) New Englanders were less prejudiced than people in the South
C) the climate was too severe for slaves to survive
D) New England abolished slavery in 1642

Question 8

When middle class third grade girls discussed conflict with their parents, Dixon and colleagues found that:

A) European Americans respected their parents more than African Americans did
B) African Americans respected their parents more than European Americans did
C) European Americans respected their fathers more than their mothers
D) African Americans respected their fathers more than their mothers

Question 9

Relative to children from two-parent families, children from single parent families:

A) have poorer emotional adjustment
B) have better academic achievement
C) have lower self-esteem
D) generally do not differ on cognitive and emotional measures

Question 10

Psychology in the 1960s and 1970s generally viewed ______ as a solution to prejudice.

A) education
B) psychotherapy
C) organized community action
D) desegregation