Question 1

According to your text,the American criminal justice system may be most inherently discriminatory in __________.

Accepted Answer

A) the arrest process 
B) the parole process 
C) the bail system 
D) sentencing 
E) the jury system

Question 2

The constitutional bases for racial equality in the United States were laid by which Amendments to the Constitution?

Accepted Answer

A) Thirteenth,Fourteenth,and Fifteenth 
B) First,Fourth,and Fifth 
C) Second,Nineteenth,and Twenty-Second 
D) Sixth,Seventh,and Eighth 
E) Twelfth,Eighteenth,and Twentieth

Question 3

Which of the following are the most obvious forms of economic exploitation of subordinate groups by dominant groups?

Accepted Answer

A) slavery and serfdom 
B) wage rates and piece-rate employment 
C) expulsion and genocide 
D) discrimination and underemployment 
E) bureaucratic supervision and industrial management

Question 4

An agreement among neighborhood homeowners not to sell their property to people who were designated as "undesirable" involves what is called a __________.

Accepted Answer

A) restrictive covenant 
B) racial lease 
C) discriminatory clause 
D) property avoidance certificate 
E) de facto discriminatory section

Question 5

According to the authors of your text,which of the following is a commonly cited example of projection?

Accepted Answer

A) believing that the Russians want to dominate the world 
B) blaming ourselves for prejudice against minorities 
C) Hispanic beliefs that blacks take their jobs 
D) beliefs among immigrants that America will be,for them too,a land of opportunity 
E) white beliefs that exaggerate black sexuality

Question 6

__________ is behavior,in word or deed,that is motivated by the belief that human races have distinctive characteristics that determine abilities and cultures.

Accepted Answer

A) Prejudice 
B) Racism 
C) Institutional discrimination 
D) Stereotyping 
E) Ethnocentrism

Question 7

The principal weapons in the protection of dominant group privilege are __________.

Accepted Answer

A) prejudice and discrimination 
B) economic boycotts 
C) beliefs and values 
D) attitudes and inaction 
E) political supplication and economic retaliation

Question 8

There are social,structural,and cultural approaches to explaining prejudice and discrimination.Describe each,including in your discussion the important concepts that are part of these approaches.

Accepted Answer

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Question 9

Which of the following statements about immigration is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A) Social scientists argue that for a country with low overall birthrate,the combined flow of legal and illegal immigration can spur economic growth. 
B) The Immigration Act of 1986 increased the quotas of immigrants significantly,and attempted to decrease illegal immigration from Mexico. 
C) Anti-immigration sentiments have declined significantly since passage of the Act of 1986. 
D) Citizens of immigrant-receiving states like California and Arizona harbor negative feelings about the economic and social competitions they will face from immigrants. 
E) None of the above.

Question 10

Which is the principal characteristic of a minority group?

Accepted Answer

A) small numerical size 
B) cultural distinctiveness 
C) group out-marriage 
D) a sense of group consciousness 
E) subordinate status

Question 11

One of the most common techniques employed to effect school desegregation was busing.What does the evidence of over two decades of busing show?

Accepted Answer

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Question 12

At all levels of education,minority group members earn less than their nonminority counterparts,and the text observes that even better than a "sheepskin" is __________.

Accepted Answer

A) a technical credential 
B) practical,"street smarts" 
C) to be independently wealthy 
D) to apprentice with a majority-group member 
E) a white skin

Question 13

Stanley Lieberson argues that when an immigrant group is small,adjustment to American society is facilitated.The advantage he believes small size gives an immigrant group is that it __________.

Accepted Answer

A) makes it easier to organize politically 
B) is easier to maintain norms against out-marriage 
C) provides a more compact group to move from place to place 
D) makes it easier to register to vote since small numbers are less likely to be recognized 
E) makes it easier to develop an occupational niche or specialty

Question 14

__________ refers to the differential treatment of individuals considered to belong to a particular social group.

Accepted Answer

A) Prejudice 
B) Behavior 
C) Discrimination 
D)  Attitudes 
E) Attractions

Question 15

Attributing those personal traits that you consider undesirable to the members of a minority group,and then condemning these people for having these traits refers to __________.

Accepted Answer

A) rationalization 
B) aggression 
C) projection 
D) rejection 
E) frustration

Question 16

In the early 1940s,Swedish social scientist Gunnar Myrdal published a book entitled An American Dilemma.In Myrdal's view,the "American dilemma" was __________.

Accepted Answer

A) the United States' indecision in the late 1930s about joining the Allies in World War II 
B) the question of what to do about the Russians after World War II was concluded 
C) the situation of "poor and suppressed" minorities in the land of freedom and opportunity 
D) the expropriation of land and extermination of Native Americans during westward expansion 
E) the United States' failure to more quickly invade Germany in order to stop what was happening to Jews in concentration camps

Question 17

A very important cultural factor in prejudice and discrimination involves the social standards that specify the kind of behavior that is appropriate in a given situation.These standards are called social __________.

Accepted Answer

A) values 
B) beliefs 
C) norms 
D) statuses 
E) judgments

Question 18

The Civil Rights Act of 1968 __________.

Accepted Answer

A) included a federal prohibition against housing discrimination 
B) established affirmative action plans 
C) declared segregated schools unconstitutional 
D) ruled that voting discrimination denies a basic civil right 
E) was the first major civil rights act passed by the U.S.Congress

Question 19

In 2004,the median net worth of Hispanic households was approximately__________.

Accepted Answer

A) $88,000 
B) $58,750 
C) $28,500 
D) $17,500 
E) $8,474

Question 20

The phenomenon described as "Driving While Black" is an illustration of __________.

Accepted Answer

A) ethnocentrism 
B) cultural relativity 
C) selective perception 
D) racial profiling 
E) segregation

Exam 7: Racism, Prejudice, and Discrimination