Identify the five causes of prejudice discussed in the text, and discuss them in detail. How can prejudice be combatted?
What will be an ideal response?
The five main factors are dissimilarity and social distance, economic competition, scapegoating, conformity to social norms, and media stereotypes. To combat prejudice, new role models, equal status contact, and legislation have all proven to be effective.
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Once the corpus callosum is severed, the two cerebral hemispheres
a. continue to exchange information. b. regenerate most of the severed axons so that they again can exchange information. c. assume each other's functions. d. function independently. e. collaborate to process and integrate sensory but not motor information.