Macro Terms

Question 1

The prejudgment and negative treatment of people based on identifiable characteristics such as race, gender, religion, or ethnicity.

Answer 1

Discrimination

Question 2

Stereotyping and generalizing about people, usually negative, because their genetic background; an ideology that a group’s genetic physical chacteristics are linked in a direct casual way to psychological, intellectual, or behavioral traits, and that these distinguish superior and inferior groups.

Answer 2

Racism

Question 3

A combination of elements with mutual reciprocity and identifiable boundaries that form a complex or unitary whole; may be physical or mechanical, living and social, or a combination of these.

Answer 3

Systems

Question 4

Actions taken to keep conditions known to result in disease or social problems from occurring.

Answer 4

Primary Prevention

Question 5

An orientation or set of beliefs that holds that one’s culture, racial or ethnic group, or nationality is inherently superior to others.

Answer 5

Ehtnocentrism

Question 6

The customs, habits, skills, technology, arts, values, ideology, science, religion, and political behavior of a group of people in a specific time period.

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Culture

Question 7

A belief about the supposed superiority or inferiority of individuals, groups, or nations based on their ethnic affiliations.

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Cultural Bias

Question 8

An organization or government’s explicit ruling that a specified intentional act will result in some sanction, including expulsion.

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Zero Tolerance Policies

Question 9

An opinion about an individual, group, or phenomenon that is developed without proof or systematic evidence; usually negative.

Answer 9

Prejudice