Question

Ralph, a white student who grew up in Maine, is about to enter the University of Southern California on an athletic scholarship. He is aware that many of his teammates will be black and assumes that they will dislike him and ostracize him. Ralph’s attitude is BEST described as an example of ______.
A. impression formation
B. ambiguity
C. nonconformity
D. prejudice
E. discrimination

Answer 1

Answer:

E. Discrimination

Explanation:

Because that is a situation that describes a  racist behavior causing the social rejection for the race and the color of the skin, that behavior could affect the Ralph's life, psychologically and physically through bullying, also, the discrimination in schools  and universities are common especially for the division according social groups, strata, economical conditions, ideological beliefs and race, in this case Ralph could suffer racial discrimination for his skin color.