Question

In a study of adolescent agreement and disagreement with policies to remedy racial discrimination (hughes & bigler, 2011), most adolescents believed that racism was the cause of disparities between african and european americans, but adolescents' ages influenced their ideas about solutions to the inequality. those who were most likely to support systemic solutions (e.g., affirmative action and desegregation) were between the ages of _____.

Answer 1

The correct answer is 16 and 17.

Younger students, ages 14 to 15, most likely viewed racism as an individual prejudice, meaning that their solutions had to do with minimizing racism among the people who expressed such beliefs. Older students, on the other hand, were more cognizant of the fact that racism is a societal problem, and cannot be fixed by focusing solely on individuals.