Author Question: Linley is trying to reduce racism by having children of different races work on projects together. ... (Read 127 times)

vicky · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Linley is trying to reduce racism by having children of different races work on projects together. Each student is given information critical to the project and has to collaborate with their different-race group members by sharing that information to earn a good grade on the project. The classroom norms are supportive of cross-race interaction. Which condition is essential to the success of the contact hypothesis is missing?

a. equal status
b. social norms
c. cooperative activities
d. personal interaction

Question 2

As described in your book, Sommers's (2006) study examining the influence of a jury's racial composition indicates that

a. Caucasian and African-American jurors are often equally likely to vote to convict an African-Americandefendant.
b. African-American jurors often successfully convince Caucasian jurors to change their votes duringdeliberations, particularly when they offer multiple arguments for doing so.
c. Caucasian jurors often evaluate a trial differently when their jury is diverse versus all-Caucasian.
d. diverse juries have a harder time coming to a unanimous decision than do all-Caucasian juries.