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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What, in Tatum's view, is a preconceived judgment based on limited information?
(a) Meritocracy.
(b) Prejudice.
(c) Alienation.
(d) The Fair Housing Act.

2. William E. Cross, Jr. is a professor and head of the doctoral program in social-personality psychology at what institution?
(a) The CUNY Graduate Center.
(b) Columbia University.
(c) Hartford Seminary.
(d) Wesleyan University.

3. What refers to the practice or policy of creating separate facilities within the same society for the use of a minority group?
(a) Nativism.
(b) Egalitarian.
(c) Segregation.
(d) Multiculturalism.

4. What refers to opposition or resistance to an idea, plan, project, etc.?
(a) Proclivity.
(b) Catalyst.
(c) Hostility.
(d) Abundance.

5. In Part I, A Definition of Terms, Chapter 2, The Complexity of Identity, Tatum finds in her class experiments that members of dominant groups rarely list their dominant traits while those in subordinate groups usually do what?
(a) List positive traits.
(b) List negative traits.
(c) List subordinate traits.
(d) List dominant traits.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word means understood without being openly expressed?

2. When did Erik Erikson die?

3. When was Erik Erikson's book Childhood and Society published?

4. What refers to the exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner?

5. According to the author in Part II, Understanding Blackness in a White Context, Chapter 4, Identity Development in Adolescence, the process of Nigrescence leads to the formation of an oppositional identity that produces what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the author assert is needed in order to overcome racial prejudices in identity in Part II, Understanding Blackness in a White Context, Chapter 4, Identity Development in Adolescence?

2. How does the author distinguish between dominant and subordinate groups in Part I, A Definition of Terms, Chapter 2, The Complexity of Identity?

3. How does the author relate personal identity to the surrounding social group in Part I, A Definition of Terms, Chapter 2, The Complexity of Identity?

4. Why does the author claim that when addressing racism with children it is important to keep in mind their developmental stage in Part II, Understanding Blackness in a White Context, Chapter 3, The Early Years?

5. What does Tatum say is a misconception parents have about their children in Part II, Understanding Blackness in a White Context, Chapter 3, The Early Years?

6. What experiment does the author describe enacting on young students in Part I, A Definition of Terms, Chapter 2, The Complexity of Identity? What results does she find?

7. How does the author describe white privilege in Part I, A Definition of Terms, Chapter 1, Defining Racism? What is problematic in addressing these issues?

8. How do white and black children differ in their responses to the author's experiment in Part I, A Definition of Terms, Chapter 2, The Complexity of Identity? How do boys and girls respond differently?

9. How does the author define prejudice in Part I, A Definition of Terms, Chapter 1, Defining Racism? What does revealing prejudice require?

10. What analysis of William Cross's does the author describe in Part II, Understanding Blackness in a White Context, Chapter 4, Identity Development in Adolescence?

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