Exam 10: Sex, Gender, and Sexuality

Which theoretical perspective is associated with the contact hypothesis?

In terms of income, employment, housing, nutrition, and health, African Americans are the most disadvantaged racial or ethnic group in the United States today.

Internal colonialism, the split-labor-market theory, and gendered racism are theories that are rooted in the __________ perspective.

A small group of white students, without the support of other students or faculty members, defaces a professor's office with racial epithets. Joe Feagin would label the behavior of these students ______________discrimination.

An umpire dislikes African Americans and, with deliberate intent, often makes official calls incorrectly when black players are at bat. According to sociologist Robert Merton's typology of prejudice and discrimination, this umpire is a (n)______________.

The______________ states that when people from divergent groups are exposed to each other, favorable attitudes and behavior develop when certain factors are present.

Hispanics are the fastest growing minority group in the United States today.

In the United States today, African Americans make up about ______________of the population.

According to sociologist Robert Merton's typology of prejudice and discrimination, ______________are not personally prejudiced and do not discriminate against others.

______________occurs when members of one group marry those of other social or ethnic groups.

______________is the term for a killing carried out by a group of vigilantes seeking revenge for an actual or imagined crime by the victim.

Psychologist Theodor W. Adorno and his colleagues concluded that highly prejudiced individuals tend to have a(n)______________ , characterized by excessive conformity, submissiveness to authority, intolerance, insecurity, a high level of superstition, and rigid, stereotypic thinking.

The explanation for racism and prejudice that comes from the symbolic interactionist perspective is______________ .

Sociologists use the term___________ for a group that is advantaged by greater power and access to resources in a society.

What happens when individuals meet someone who does not conform to their preexisting stereotypes?

The term______________ refers to the deliberate, systematic killing of an entire people or nation.

Define two of the four types of assimilation discussed in the text.

In terms of income, employment, housing, nutrition, and health, which of the following is the most disadvantaged racial or ethnic group in the United States?

Explain how the experiences of Latinos/as or Hispanics have been different from those of other racial and ethnic groups in the United States.

Special education classes were originally intended to provide extra educational opportunities for children with various types of disabilities. However, critics claim that these programs have amounted to racial segregation in many school districts. Using the categories created by Feagin, these policies illustrate ______________discrimination.