Question 1

Research suggests that claims of racial profiling occurring during traffic stops are exaggerated.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 2

What is the White racial frame, and how does it relate to contemporary forms of racism within this society? Describe how the white racial frame perpetuates a self-fulfilling prophecy at the societal level.

Accepted Answer

The White racial frame refers to the system of beliefs, attitudes, and practices that support and perpetuate the dominance of White people and the marginalization of people of color within society. This frame is deeply ingrained in the history and culture of the United States and continues to shape contemporary forms of racism.

Within this society, the White racial frame manifests in various ways, including the perpetuation of stereotypes and biases against people of color, the unequal distribution of resources and opportunities, and the maintenance of power structures that benefit White individuals and disadvantage people of color. This can be seen in areas such as housing, education, employment, and the criminal justice system, where people of color are disproportionately affected by systemic racism and discrimination.

The White racial frame perpetuates a self-fulfilling prophecy at the societal level by reinforcing and justifying the existing power dynamics. Through the perpetuation of stereotypes and biases, White individuals and institutions continue to view people of color as inferior and unworthy of equal treatment and opportunities. This, in turn, leads to the continued marginalization and oppression of people of color, further reinforcing the belief in the superiority of White individuals and the inferiority of people of color.

This self-fulfilling prophecy is maintained through the normalization of White dominance and the devaluation of people of color, creating a cycle of oppression that is difficult to break. It is essential for individuals and society as a whole to actively challenge and dismantle the White racial frame in order to create a more equitable and just society for all.

Question 3

The following question was included on a recent Associated Press survey of racial attitudes. Response options were "strongly disagree" to "strongly agree." It's really a matter of some people just not trying hard enough; if Blacks would only try harder, they could be just as well off as Whites. This question measures:

Accepted Answer

A) color-blind racism 
B) explicit racism 
C) implicit racism 
D) laissez faire racism 
E) symbolic racism 
A) color-blind racism 
B) explicit racism 
C) implicit racism 
D) laissez faire racism 
E) symbolic racism B

Question 4

Who studies the processes of interaction through which racial and ethnic identities are constructed?

Accepted Answer

A) social structure and personality researchers 
B) social exchange theorists 
C) social identity theorists 
D) status characteristics theorists 
E) symbolic interactionists 
A) social structure and personality researchers 
B) social exchange theorists 
C) social identity theorists 
D) status characteristics theorists 
E) symbolic interactionists

Question 5

A status that overshadows all of the other statuses that an individual occupies in its effects on social interaction and the self-concept is called a(n) _______________________.

Accepted Answer

A) master status 
B) personality determinant 
C) primary status 
D) salient identity 
E) umbrella status 
A) master status 
B) personality determinant 
C) primary status 
D) salient identity 
E) umbrella status

Question 6

What served as the basis for in-group/out-group divisions in Sherif's camp studies?

Accepted Answer

A) cabin of residence 
B) gender 
C) race/ethnicity 
D) social class 
E) all of the above 
A) cabin of residence 
B) gender 
C) race/ethnicity 
D) social class 
E) all of the above

Question 7

Within sociological social psychology, a minority group:

Accepted Answer

A) is a group formed for the purpose of fighting oppression 
B) is a group whose members lack access to money, power, and prestige 
C) is composed of individuals who are numerical minorities within society 
D) includes individuals with physical characteristics that make them standout within a society 
E) must have a high proportion of members who are not motivated by economic rewards 
A) is a group formed for the purpose of fighting oppression 
B) is a group whose members lack access to money, power, and prestige 
C) is composed of individuals who are numerical minorities within society 
D) includes individuals with physical characteristics that make them standout within a society 
E) must have a high proportion of members who are not motivated by economic rewards

Question 8

In survey-based studies of race relations, what mediates the effect of equal status, contact, cooperative interdependence, and egalitarian norms on positive racial attitudes among high school students?

Accepted Answer

A) a common in-group identity 
B) cross-race friendships 
C) shared values and aspirations 
D) social class 
E) all of the above 
A) a common in-group identity 
B) cross-race friendships 
C) shared values and aspirations 
D) social class 
E) all of the above

Question 9

Tests documenting the American = White bias focus on:

Accepted Answer

A) emotional reactions 
B) explicit attitudes 
C) implicit associations 
D) impression management motives 
E) primary responses 
A) emotional reactions 
B) explicit attitudes 
C) implicit associations 
D) impression management motives 
E) primary responses

Question 10

In the race journal study, the college students who kept journals almost never observed or experienced traditional racism.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

A group is proportionally represented in a particular domain (e.g. a school or an occupation) when the percentage of people from that group in that domain:

Accepted Answer

A) is proportional to the average level of education and training within that group 
B) is roughly the same as the percentage of people from other groups in that domain 
C) matches the percentage of people from that group who live in the United States 
D) matches the percentage of people from that group who want to be in that environment or position 
E) both a and b 
A) is proportional to the average level of education and training within that group 
B) is roughly the same as the percentage of people from other groups in that domain 
C) matches the percentage of people from that group who live in the United States 
D) matches the percentage of people from that group who want to be in that environment or position 
E) both a and b

Question 12

In Pager and Western's (2012) field experiments on racial bias in hiring:

Accepted Answer

A) African Americans received the fewest callbacks 
B) African American managers were more likely than White managers to hire African Americans 
C) Latino males had the highest unemployment rate 
D) race had a bigger effect on the jobs people got among men than among women 
E) Whites had more job offers than Latinos and African Americans because of their better credentials 
A) African Americans received the fewest callbacks 
B) African American managers were more likely than White managers to hire African Americans 
C) Latino males had the highest unemployment rate 
D) race had a bigger effect on the jobs people got among men than among women 
E) Whites had more job offers than Latinos and African Americans because of their better credentials

Question 13

In a famous study by Cohen and Roper, Black male middle school students were taught how to build a transistor radio. Then, in mixed-raced groups, these students showed their White male peers how to complete this task, which reduced racial bias in subsequent interactions. What type of intervention was used in this study?

Accepted Answer

A) common in-group identity 
B) environmental priming 
C) expectations training 
D) transsituational 
E) multiability 
A) common in-group identity 
B) environmental priming 
C) expectations training 
D) transsituational 
E) multiability

Question 14

Compare and contrast common identity interventions with multiability and expectations training interventions. Why, despite their differences, are all three strategies for improving race relations classified as micro-level interventions?

Accepted Answer

Common identity interventions and multia

Question 15

How are implicit associations measured (e.g., on the IAT)?

Accepted Answer

A) by having people complete attitudinal scales 
B) by having people say whatever comes into their mind, without reflecting on its social appropriateness 
C) by measuring the amount of time it takes people to categorize or classify stimuli 
D) by observing people's reactions to others in a natural setting 
E) by recording people's physiological reactions to individuals and events 
A) by having people complete attitudinal scales 
B) by having people say whatever comes into their mind, without reflecting on its social appropriateness 
C) by measuring the amount of time it takes people to categorize or classify stimuli 
D) by observing people's reactions to others in a natural setting 
E) by recording people's physiological reactions to individuals and events

Question 16

Discuss the relationship between negative racial attitudes (prejudice at the individual level) and discrimination and how it reflects the relationship between attitudes and behavior more generally.

Accepted Answer

Negative racial attitudes, or prejudice

Question 17

Compare and contrast research on race and ethnicity within each of the three faces of sociological social psychology. How can research from across these three traditions be combined to enhance our understanding of race relations within this society and what can be done to create a more egalitarian society?

Accepted Answer

The three faces of sociological social p

Question 18

Contact is the most effective in reducing prejudice at the individual level when it is combined with:

Accepted Answer

A) pleasant background stimuli or factors that increase physiological arousal 
B) belief training 
C) increased economic rewards 
D) intergroup cooperation among individuals of equal status 
E) participation in team sports 
A) pleasant background stimuli or factors that increase physiological arousal 
B) belief training 
C) increased economic rewards 
D) intergroup cooperation among individuals of equal status 
E) participation in team sports

Question 19

___________________ racism includes color-blind racism, symbolic racism, and laissez-faire racism.

Accepted Answer

A) Historical racism 
B) Implicit racism 
C) Liberal racism 
D) Low-commitment racism 
E) Traditional racism 
A) Historical racism 
B) Implicit racism 
C) Liberal racism 
D) Low-commitment racism 
E) Traditional racism

Question 20

Suppose that a White individual tells a joke that derogates members of a particular racial or ethnic minority group or calls a racial or ethnic minority by a derogatory name. This person would be exhibiting:

Accepted Answer

A) Implicit racism 
B) liberal racism 
C) low-commitment racism 
D) symbolic racism 
E) traditional racism 
A) Implicit racism 
B) liberal racism 
C) low-commitment racism 
D) symbolic racism 
E) traditional racism

Research suggests that claims of racial profiling occurring during traffic stops are exaggerated.

What is the White racial frame, and how does it relate to contemporary forms of racism within this society? Describe how the white racial frame perpetuates a self-fulfilling prophecy at the societal level.

Who studies the processes of interaction through which racial and ethnic identities are constructed?

A status that overshadows all of the other statuses that an individual occupies in its effects on social interaction and the self-concept is called a(n) _______________________.

What served as the basis for in-group/out-group divisions in Sherif's camp studies?

Within sociological social psychology, a minority group:

In survey-based studies of race relations, what mediates the effect of equal status, contact, cooperative interdependence, and egalitarian norms on positive racial attitudes among high school students?

Tests documenting the American = White bias focus on:

In the race journal study, the college students who kept journals almost never observed or experienced traditional racism.

A group is proportionally represented in a particular domain (e.g. a school or an occupation) when the percentage of people from that group in that domain:

In Pager and Western's (2012) field experiments on racial bias in hiring:

Compare and contrast common identity interventions with multiability and expectations training interventions. Why, despite their differences, are all three strategies for improving race relations classified as micro-level interventions?

How are implicit associations measured (e.g., on the IAT)?

Discuss the relationship between negative racial attitudes (prejudice at the individual level) and discrimination and how it reflects the relationship between attitudes and behavior more generally.

Contact is the most effective in reducing prejudice at the individual level when it is combined with:

___________________ racism includes color-blind racism, symbolic racism, and laissez-faire racism.

Suppose that a White individual tells a joke that derogates members of a particular racial or ethnic minority group or calls a racial or ethnic minority by a derogatory name. This person would be exhibiting:

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Research suggests that claims of racial profiling occurring during traffic stops are exaggerated.

What is the White racial frame, and how does it relate to contemporary forms of racism within this society? Describe how the white racial frame perpetuates a self-fulfilling prophecy at the societal level.

Who studies the processes of interaction through which racial and ethnic identities are constructed?

A status that overshadows all of the other statuses that an individual occupies in its effects on social interaction and the self-concept is called a(n) _______________________.

What served as the basis for in-group/out-group divisions in Sherif's camp studies?

Within sociological social psychology, a minority group:

In survey-based studies of race relations, what mediates the effect of equal status, contact, cooperative interdependence, and egalitarian norms on positive racial attitudes among high school students?

Tests documenting the American = White bias focus on:

In the race journal study, the college students who kept journals almost never observed or experienced traditional racism.

A group is proportionally represented in a particular domain (e.g. a school or an occupation) when the percentage of people from that group in that domain:

In Pager and Western's (2012) field experiments on racial bias in hiring:

Compare and contrast common identity interventions with multiability and expectations training interventions. Why, despite their differences, are all three strategies for improving race relations classified as micro-level interventions?

How are implicit associations measured (e.g., on the IAT)?

Discuss the relationship between negative racial attitudes (prejudice at the individual level) and discrimination and how it reflects the relationship between attitudes and behavior more generally.

Contact is the most effective in reducing prejudice at the individual level when it is combined with:

___________________ racism includes color-blind racism, symbolic racism, and laissez-faire racism.

Suppose that a White individual tells a joke that derogates members of a particular racial or ethnic minority group or calls a racial or ethnic minority by a derogatory name. This person would be exhibiting:

What Is Sociological Social Psychology

Research Methods in Sociological Social Psychology

Symbolic Interactionism and Related Perspectives

The Social Structure and Personality Perspective

Group Processes and Structure

Socialization Throughout the Life Course

Self and Identity

Emotions and Social Life

Deviance and Social Control

Mental Health and Illness

Personal Relationships

Social Influence, Social Constraint, and Social Change

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