Question 1

_____ is an attitude that involves forming an opinion about people beforehand, usually in a negative way.

Accepted Answer

A)  Prejudice 
B)  Acculturation 
C)  Genocide 
D)  Pluralism 
E)  Ethnocentrism 
A)  Prejudice 
B)  Acculturation 
C)  Genocide 
D)  Pluralism 
E)  Ethnocentrism

Question 2

A weakness of the symbolic interactionist view of racial-ethnic relations is that it does not clearly explain why labeling, selective perception, and racial bias are more common among some people than others, especially when they are similar on a number of variables such as social class and gender.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Which of the following statements is true of U.S. racial and ethnic diversity?

Accepted Answer

A)  The number of persons who identify themselves as being of two or more races is projected to decrease. 
B)  The foreign-born population in the United States is expected to shrink by 2050. 
C)  By 2025, more than 70 percent of the U.S. population is projected to be white. 
D)  By 2044, Latino and Asian populations are expected to double in size. 
E)  The United States is the least multicultural country in the world. 
A)  The number of persons who identify themselves as being of two or more races is projected to decrease. 
B)  The foreign-born population in the United States is expected to shrink by 2050. 
C)  By 2025, more than 70 percent of the U.S. population is projected to be white. 
D)  By 2044, Latino and Asian populations are expected to double in size. 
E)  The United States is the least multicultural country in the world.

Question 4

In the United States, Puerto Ricans, Chinese, Serbs, Arabs, Swedes, and Hungarians are some examples of _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  fusion groups 
B)  ethnic groups 
C)  majority groups 
D)  dysphoric groups 
E)  dominant groups 
A)  fusion groups 
B)  ethnic groups 
C)  majority groups 
D)  dysphoric groups 
E)  dominant groups

Question 5

Which of the following statements is true of race?

Accepted Answer

A)  It is determined biologically. 
B)  It is a social construction. 
C)  It labels people based on religion. 
D)  It describes cultural characteristics that one learns. 
E)  It is conceptually similar to ethnicity. 
A)  It is determined biologically. 
B)  It is a social construction. 
C)  It labels people based on religion. 
D)  It describes cultural characteristics that one learns. 
E)  It is conceptually similar to ethnicity.

Question 6

Which of the following statements best defines discrimination?

Accepted Answer

A)  It is the process of maintaining many aspects of one's original culture while living peacefully with the host culture. 
B)  It is the process of adopting the language, values, and beliefs of the host culture. 
C)  It is a set of beliefs that one's own racial group is inherently superior to other groups. 
D)  It is behavior that treats people unequally or unfairly because of their group membership. 
E)  It is the systematic effort to kill all members of a particular ethnic, religious, political, racial, or national group. 
A)  It is the process of maintaining many aspects of one's original culture while living peacefully with the host culture. 
B)  It is the process of adopting the language, values, and beliefs of the host culture. 
C)  It is a set of beliefs that one's own racial group is inherently superior to other groups. 
D)  It is behavior that treats people unequally or unfairly because of their group membership. 
E)  It is the systematic effort to kill all members of a particular ethnic, religious, political, racial, or national group.

Question 7

Conflict theorists state that economic inequality eliminates racial-ethnic inequality.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

_____ is an attitude that involves forming an opinion about people beforehand, usually in a negative way.

A weakness of the symbolic interactionist view of racial-ethnic relations is that it does not clearly explain why labeling, selective perception, and racial bias are more common among some people than others, especially when they are similar on a number of variables such as social class and gender.

Which of the following statements is true of U.S. racial and ethnic diversity?

In the United States, Puerto Ricans, Chinese, Serbs, Arabs, Swedes, and Hungarians are some examples of _____.

Which of the following statements is true of race?

Which of the following statements best defines discrimination?

Conflict theorists state that economic inequality eliminates racial-ethnic inequality.

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Exam 10: Race and Ethnicity

_____ is an attitude that involves forming an opinion about people beforehand, usually in a negative way.

A weakness of the symbolic interactionist view of racial-ethnic relations is that it does not clearly explain why labeling, selective perception, and racial bias are more common among some people than others, especially when they are similar on a number of variables such as social class and gender.

Which of the following statements is true of U.S. racial and ethnic diversity?

In the United States, Puerto Ricans, Chinese, Serbs, Arabs, Swedes, and Hungarians are some examples of _____.

Which of the following statements is true of race?

Which of the following statements best defines discrimination?

Conflict theorists state that economic inequality eliminates racial-ethnic inequality.

Thinking Like a Sociologist

Examining Our Social World

Culture

Socialization

Social Interaction and Social Structure

Social Groups, Organizations, and Social Institutions

Deviance, Crime, and the Criminal Justice System

Social Stratification: United States and Global

Gender and Sexuality

The Economy and Politics

Families and Aging

Education and Religion

Health and Medicine

Population, Urbanization, and the Environment

Social Change: Collective Behavior, Social Movements, and Technology

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