Exam 2: Prejudice

Bing is of Chinese descent. When he first attended his high school in Sacramento, his classmates asked him if he knew Kung fu, the Chinese martial arts. They were surprised when Bing told them that he had no knowledge of Kung fu. Bing's classmates' notion of him represents ________.

What is the evidence of intergroup hostility other than that of Whites toward minorities?

The ________ of prejudice is part of the Marxist tradition in sociological thought.

Which of the following statements is true of LaPiere's study?

In his book, The Filter Bubble, online political activist Eli Pariser contends that when a search engine filters searches, it encloses people in a kind of "invisible bubble" or "walled garden" that ________.

The owner of a car dealership refuses to hire a female applicant not because he feels women are incompetent, but because he fears that customers will be less likely to buy a car from a woman. According to Merton's typology, the owner is being a(n) ________.

Which of the following components does prejudice involve?

A prejudiced belief leads to ________.

The ________ takes the view that prejudice is influenced by situations that encourage or discourage the tolerance of minorities.

________ is the denial of opportunities and equal rights to individuals and groups because of prejudice or for other arbitrary reasons.

When Darren, a White American, failed to secure a job at a leading private bank in Salt Lake City, he blamed the immigrants for his plight. The immigrants, in this instance, become the ________.

Studies document that increased formal education, regardless of content, is associated with ________.

When asked to comment on their "Whiteness," White people most likely see themselves ________.

Which of the following statements is true of the portrayal of racial and ethnic minorities in television?

According to Merton's typology, which of the following types of person may be far removed from any real contact with subordinate groups?

What is the relationship between education and prejudice?

A person with an authoritarian upbringing is most likely to ________.

The key factor in reducing racial hostility, in addition to equal-status contact, is ________.

The ________ suggests that, rather than accepting guilt for some failure, a person transfers the responsibility for failure to a vulnerable group.

Explain the exploitation theory of prejudice.