Question 1

The following theory presents an orientation measure that differentiates those who prefer social group relations to be equal or hierarchical, and the extent to which people want their in-group to dominate out-groups

Accepted Answer

A) social learning 
B) social orientation 
C) social identity 
D) social dominance

Question 2

In the post military era in the late 1970s, Brazil began to experience the following

Accepted Answer

A) A joint-movement of Whites and Blacks to combat immigration 
B) A harmonious racial state 
C) A challenge to the myth of racial harmony by Whites 
D) A newly mobilized Afro-Brazilian movement

Question 3

McClain et al. found all but the following in their 2006 study of Latino immigrants in Durham, North Carolina

Accepted Answer

A) 58% of Latinos reported that few or almost no blacks are hardworking 
B) 75% believed Blacks were equal if not better to Latinos 
C) 31% saw Blacks as lazy 
D) None of the answers are correct

Question 4

The bystander phenomenon occurs

Accepted Answer

A) when there is a conflict that involves five individuals or less 
B) when too many people intervene to help others 
C) when people do nothing to help others 
D) predominatly in Asian countries

Question 5

Which of the following is generally not true of all White Supremacist groups?

Accepted Answer

A) They have a deep seated hatred of government officials 
B) They have an obsessive suspicion of government 
C) They believe in antigovernment conspiracy theories 
D) They believe in Christian Identity

Question 6

McClain et al. found in their study of Latino immigrants in Durham, North Carolina

Accepted Answer

A) 42.8% of Blacks saw Latinos as hard to get along with 
B) 71.9% of Blacks believe Latinos to be hardworking 
C) 71.9% found Blacks to be easy to get along with 
D) Across all measures, Blacks were viewed as superior to Latinos

Question 7

The notion that true decendants of the Israelites are White Europeans is called

Accepted Answer

A) Racial Dominance 
B) White Supremacy 
C) Christian Identity 
D) Symbolic Racism

Question 8

Politicaly, Asian Americans tend to

Accepted Answer

A) be more liberal than conservative 
B) be almost entirely conservative 
C) consider themselves as having no party affiliation 
D) not participate in politics at all

Question 9

Studies have found that Whites in the United States hold what types of views of Hispanics?

Accepted Answer

A) all positive views 
B) all negative views 
C) Both positive and negative views 
D) None of the answers are correct

Question 10

When a judgment that an observer makes about a group is not perceived as a judgment about the group, but an attribute of the group is it termed,

Accepted Answer

A) fundamental attribution bias 
B) heuristic 
C) stereotype 
D) phenomenal absolutism error

Question 11

William Pierce, the founder of the National Alliance was best known for his book:

Accepted Answer

A) The Satanic Verses 
B) The history of Whites 
C) The Turner Diaries 
D) he did not write a book

Exam 8: The Political Psychology of Race