Chapter 18 Self-Quiz

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. Which of the following is true about implicit biases?

Researchers aim to measure them with Implicit Association Tests. correct incorrect

Subjects are not consciously aware of them. correct incorrect

Some research suggests that they can lead to discrimination against minorities. correct incorrect

All of the above correct incorrect

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. Which of these groups has experienced systemic discrimination in the United States?

Native Americans correct incorrect

Japanese Americans correct incorrect

African Americans correct incorrect

All of the above correct incorrect

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. The false claim that affirmative action is a form of racism is given as a premise for an argument to which conclusion?

Affirmative action is immoral. correct incorrect

Affirmative action is morally legitimate. correct incorrect

It is morally acceptable for private institutions to employ affirmative action. correct incorrect

It is morally acceptable for government to employ affirmative action. correct incorrect

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. The principle of merit states that positions should be awarded

on whatever basis an employer chooses. correct incorrect

in a way that minimizes oppression. correct incorrect

based on qualifications. correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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. The Qualifications Argument fails because fairness

requires weighing the race of a candidate more strongly than any of their other features. correct incorrect

requires ignoring an applicant's qualifications. correct incorrect

is not an important moral value. correct incorrect

is not the supreme moral value. correct incorrect

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. The conclusion of the Equal Opportunity Argument is that affirmative action is

morally legitimate. correct incorrect

unfair. correct incorrect

morally required. correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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. De jure equality is equality

in real, lived experience. correct incorrect

in the content of the law. correct incorrect

of natural abilities and talents. correct incorrect

All of the above correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is an improvement to the condition of a victim of harm that is designed to repair the relationship between victims and perpetrators?

Reenactment correct incorrect

Reinforcements correct incorrect

Reparations correct incorrect

Reconstruction correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is a counterfactual question?

How much racism persists in the contemporary United States? correct incorrect

How well-off would victims of slavery and the forced resettlement of native tribes be if these harms had never occurred? correct incorrect

How much residual harm from the evils of slavery do current U.S. citizens experience? correct incorrect

All of the above correct incorrect

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. _______ is a system of unjust and unequal social forces that systematically limit opportunities and impose other harms on members of a given population.

Affirmative action correct incorrect

Compensation correct incorrect

Oppression correct incorrect

De jure equality correct incorrect