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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. Beverly Daniel Tatum received her B.A. in psychology from which institution?
(a) Wesleyan University.
(b) The University of Michigan.
(c) The CUNY Graduate Center.
(d) Hartford Seminary.

2. 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?
(a) Diffusion.
(b) Alienation.
(c) Internalization.
(d) Self-segregation.

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

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

5. What word means to incorporate the cultural values, mores, motives, etc., of another or of a group, as through learning, socialization, or identification?
(a) Affirm.
(b) Alienation.
(c) Nativism.
(d) Internalize.

Short Answer Questions

1. What means of, pertaining to, or concerned with the principles or rules of right conduct or the distinction between right and wrong?

2. What is the second of Erik Erikson's life-stage virtues which is comprised of the ages from one to three?

3. What refers to the state of being withdrawn or isolated from the objective world, as through indifference or disaffection?

4. What refers to a fact, occurrence, or circumstance observed or observable?

5. What refers to a particular tendency or inclination, especially one that prevents unprejudiced consideration of a question?

Short Essay Questions

1. At what age does the author assert children begin to recognize race in Part II, Understanding Blackness in a White Context, Chapter 3, The Early Years? What does Tatum encourage parents to do at this stage?

2. How does the author address the subject of slavery when dealing with children in Part II, Understanding Blackness in a White Context, Chapter 3, The Early Years?

3. When in an individual's life does the impact of racism begin, according to the author in Part I, A Definition of Terms, Chapter 1, Defining Racism? How is it developed?

4. 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?

5. What is Tatum's argument against those who suggest keeping silent regarding race with children in Part II, Understanding Blackness in a White Context, Chapter 3, The Early Years?

6. How does the author answer the question of why whites should care about racism in Part I, A Definition of Terms, Chapter 1, Defining Racism?

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

8. How does Tatum describe the stages of racial identity for blacks in Part II, Understanding Blackness in a White Context, Chapter 5, Racial Identity in Adulthood?

9. 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?

10. What does the author write in Part II, Understanding Blackness in a White Context, Chapter 3, The Early Years that she begins adult seminars with asking?

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