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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, Understanding Blackness in a White Context, Chapter 5, Racial Identity in Adulthood.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In her courses on the psychology of race, Tatum often finds that parents like to brag about what quality of their children?
(a) Kindness.
(b) Intelligence.
(c) Colorblindness.
(d) Deafness.

2. What is the fourth stage of William E. Cross, Jr.'s theory of Nigrescence?
(a) Internalization.
(b) Internalization-commitment.
(c) Encounter.
(d) Immersion/emersion.

3. What is the fifth stage of William E. Cross, Jr.'s theory of Nigrescence?
(a) Pre-encounter.
(b) Internalization.
(c) Internalization-commitment.
(d) Immersion/emersion.

4. Tatum explains that much of the pattern of stability and transition in midlife creates pressures on racial identities for Blacks where in Part II, Understanding Blackness in a White Context, Chapter 5, Racial Identity in Adulthood?
(a) In school.
(b) In the home.
(c) In the workplace.
(d) In public.

5. What refers to something accomplished, especially by superior ability, special effort, great courage, etc.?
(a) Bias.
(b) Contact.
(c) Reality.
(d) Achievement.

Short Answer Questions

1. William E. Cross, Jr. is a professor and head of the doctoral program in social-personality psychology at what institution?

2. What refers to discrimination based on protected class status, variously including race, gender, ethnicity, age, national origin, sexual orientation and gender identity, marital status, or veteran status, in the realm of housing and real estate?

3. Tatum writes in Part II, Understanding Blackness in a White Context, Chapter 3 that at very young ages, children are often confused by the color language due to their encounters with what?

4. Beverly Daniel Tatum is currently the president of what educational institution?

5. What word means lacking the normal or usual necessities and comforts of life, as proper housing, educational opportunities, job security, adequate medical care, etc.?

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