Question 1

All members of a minority typically share a distinct identity.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Why do sociologists consider the "scientific" racial types of Caucasian, Mongoloid, and Negroid to be misleading and even harmful?

Accepted Answer

A) Every society's population contains a lot of genetic mixture. 
B) Various racial categories are genetically very much alike. 
C) The skin color of Caucasian people ranges from very light to very dark. 
D) All of these are correct. 
A) Every society's population contains a lot of genetic mixture. 
B) Various racial categories are genetically very much alike. 
C) The skin color of Caucasian people ranges from very light to very dark. 
D) All of these are correct.

Question 3

According to Theodor Adorno's authoritarian personality theory, prejudiced people

Accepted Answer

A) view society as naturally hierarchical. 
B) reject ethnocentrism. 
C) do not view actions as either right or wrong. 
D) reject all conventional cultural values. 
A) view society as naturally hierarchical. 
B) reject ethnocentrism. 
C) do not view actions as either right or wrong. 
D) reject all conventional cultural values.

Question 4

Describe the social standing of several major categories of Hispanic Americans.

Accepted Answer

Hispanic Americans come from diverse bac

Question 5

Today, more people are willing to define themselves as multiracial.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Assimilation refers to the process by which

Accepted Answer

A) people become more tolerant of minorities. 
B) minorities gradually adopt patterns of the dominant culture. 
C) all minority categories become more equal in social standing. 
D) people regain their lost cultural heritage. 
A) people become more tolerant of minorities. 
B) minorities gradually adopt patterns of the dominant culture. 
C) all minority categories become more equal in social standing. 
D) people regain their lost cultural heritage.

Question 7

Scientific research shows that there are three biologically pure races.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

List and define four patterns of minority and majority interaction.Provide an example of each from U.S.history or events in other parts of the world.

Accepted Answer

1. Assimilation: This pattern occurs whe

Question 9

Authoritarian personality theory states that extreme prejudice is

Accepted Answer

A) built into culture itself. 
B) a trait of certain individuals with particular personalities. 
C) found among poor and disadvantaged people. 
D) found among most people in all societies. 
A) built into culture itself. 
B) a trait of certain individuals with particular personalities. 
C) found among poor and disadvantaged people. 
D) found among most people in all societies.

Question 10

Historically, WASPs dominated the United States until about

Accepted Answer

A) 1860, with the election of Abraham Lincoln. 
B) 1932, with the election of Franklin D.Roosevelt. 
C) 1960, with the election of John F.Kennedy. 
D) 1992, with the election of Bill Clinton. 
A) 1860, with the election of Abraham Lincoln. 
B) 1932, with the election of Franklin D.Roosevelt. 
C) 1960, with the election of John F.Kennedy. 
D) 1992, with the election of Bill Clinton.

Question 11

From which world regions do most of today's U.S.immigrants come?

Accepted Answer

A) Latin America and Asia 
B) Asia and Africa 
C) Africa and Latin America 
D) Africa and Europe 
A) Latin America and Asia 
B) Asia and Africa 
C) Africa and Latin America 
D) Africa and Europe

Question 12

What is the Bogardus social distance scale? What does research using the scale tell us about changing attitudes of college students towards racial and ethnic minorities?

Accepted Answer

The Bogardus social distance scale is a

Question 13

Scientific research shows that there are three biologically pure races.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Prejudice is a rigid and unfair generalization about an entire category of people.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

From which areas of the world are most of today's immigrants arriving? How is this different from the pattern a century ago?

Accepted Answer

Today, most immigrants are arriving from

Question 16

The claim that defining members of some minority as inferior will make them inferior is one application of

Accepted Answer

A) social distance research. 
B) the iron law of oligarchy. 
C) the Thomas theorem. 
D) authoritarian personality theory. 
A) social distance research. 
B) the iron law of oligarchy. 
C) the Thomas theorem. 
D) authoritarian personality theory.

Question 17

Native Americans immigrated to the United States about the time Christopher Columbus came to the Americas.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Among Asian Americans, over half of men and women have completed four years of college.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Typically, people who live in _____ perceive fewer racial categories than people who live in _____.

Accepted Answer

A) the United States; Brazil 
B) Brazil; the United States 
C) the Northeast; the Midwest 
D) the West; the Northeast 
A) the United States; Brazil 
B) Brazil; the United States 
C) the Northeast; the Midwest 
D) the West; the Northeast

Question 20

How are race and ethnicity dimensions of social stratification in the United States? Provide evidence that many racial and ethnic categories of people are minorities-socially disadvantaged due to race or ethnicity.Consider ways in which race and ethnicity combine with gender and class.

Accepted Answer

Race and ethnicity are significant dimen

Exam 14: Race and Ethnicity

All members of a minority typically share a distinct identity.

Why do sociologists consider the "scientific" racial types of Caucasian, Mongoloid, and Negroid to be misleading and even harmful?

According to Theodor Adorno's authoritarian personality theory, prejudiced people

Describe the social standing of several major categories of Hispanic Americans.

Today, more people are willing to define themselves as multiracial.

Assimilation refers to the process by which

Scientific research shows that there are three biologically pure races.

List and define four patterns of minority and majority interaction.Provide an example of each from U.S.history or events in other parts of the world.

Authoritarian personality theory states that extreme prejudice is

Historically, WASPs dominated the United States until about

From which world regions do most of today's U.S.immigrants come?

What is the Bogardus social distance scale? What does research using the scale tell us about changing attitudes of college students towards racial and ethnic minorities?

Scientific research shows that there are three biologically pure races.

Prejudice is a rigid and unfair generalization about an entire category of people.

From which areas of the world are most of today's immigrants arriving? How is this different from the pattern a century ago?

The claim that defining members of some minority as inferior will make them inferior is one application of

Native Americans immigrated to the United States about the time Christopher Columbus came to the Americas.

Among Asian Americans, over half of men and women have completed four years of college.

Typically, people who live in _____ perceive fewer racial categories than people who live in _____.

How are race and ethnicity dimensions of social stratification in the United States? Provide evidence that many racial and ethnic categories of people are minorities-socially disadvantaged due to race or ethnicity.Consider ways in which race and ethnicity combine with gender and class.

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