Chapter 9 - Quiz

Question 1

A child born to a black mother and a white father would be classified as ________.

Answer 1

belonging to one of several “whiter” categories in Brazil.

Question 2

People who identify with one another on the basis of common ancestry and cultural heritage are called a(n) __________.

Answer 2

ethnic group.

Question 3

Which of the following statements about race is accurate?

Answer 3

A race is a group of people with shared, inherited physical characteristics.

Question 4

Race is to _______ as ethncity is to _________.

Answer 4

biological traits; cultural traits

Question 5

The term ethnic cleansing refers to which of the following models intergroup relations?

Answer 5

Genocide

Question 6

From a biological standpoint, knowing a person’s racial category allows us to predict _______.

Answer 6

almost nothing about that person.

Question 7

Prejudice is to attitudes as discrimination is to _______.

Answer 7

actions

Question 8

One example of prejudice is the belief that people _______.

Answer 8

who have blonde hair are unintelligent.

Question 9

Carl believes that Hispanic individuals are less educated and less intelligent than whites, so he does not consider them when they apply for a job. This response is best described as _______.

Answer 9

racial discrimination.

Question 10

Which of the following is an example of institutional discrimination?

Answer 10

Automobile dealerships typically charge minority car buyers a higher interest rate that offered to white buyers.

Question 11

Discrimination is similar to prejudice in that it can be either _______ or _____.

Answer 11

positive; negative.

Question 12

Which of the following is an example of discrimination?

Answer 12

Tayisha typically sits alone in the school cafeteria, because she is obese, and the other students make fun of her and refuse to let her join them.

Question 13

The consistently poor treatment of minorities by hospitals is an example of _______.

Answer 13

institutional discrimination.

Question 14

According to _______ theory, the social labels we learn influence the way we view people.

Answer 14

symbolic interactionism

Question 15

According to symbolic interactionists, label cause ______, meaning they lead us to see certain features of a situation while binding us.

Answer 15

selective perception.

Question 16

A researcher who uses an individual’s personality to explain how prejudice function is using a (n) _______ approach.

Answer 16

psychological.

Question 17

According to _____, people who show strong prejudice toward the members of one minority group are usually intolerant of all minorities.

Answer 17

authoritarian personality theory.

Question 18

The research study conducted by Muzafer and Carolyn Sherif at a boys’ summer camp showed that _______.

Answer 18

prejudice is shaped by the social environment.

Question 19

The three sociological theories of prejudice discussed in the text _______.

Answer 19

focus on specific aspects of prejudice.

Question 20

A split labor market refers to ______.

Answer 20

the division of workers along racial-ethnic and gender lines.

Question 21

The popularity of ethnic work and the projected population of the United States favor which model of intergroup relations?

Answer 21

multiculturalism.

Question 22

Internal colonialism is most often associated with which of the following?

Answer 22

Conflict theory.

Question 23

How do ordinary people become involved in carrying out genocides?

Answer 23

through labeling and compartmentalization.

Question 24

Why is population transfer closer to genocide than it is to segregation?

Answer 24

Because the goal of population transfer is to completely remove a minority from a society.

Question 25

_______ allows the dominant group to maintain social distance from minority and exploit their labor.

Answer 25

Segregation.

Question 26

Internal colonialism is often accompanied by ________, the separation of racial or ethnic groups.

Answer 26

segregation.

Question 27

The process whereby the dominant population makes life so unbearable for members of a minority that they leave “voluntarily” is referred to as _______.

Answer 27

indirect population transfer.

Question 28

In the 1896, Plessy v. Ferguson case, the U.S. Supreme Court decided that states could __________.

Answer 28

require separate but equal accommodations for blacks.

Question 29

Carlos fled Cuba to escape Castro’s regime in 1959. Of of the following, Carlo was most likely to be _________.

Answer 29

a business person

Question 30

The historical dominance of _______ in U.S. culture is evidenced by the use of the terms “race” and “ethnicity” to describe everyone but the members of that group.

Answer 30

White Anglo Saxon Protestants.

Question 31

During the formative years of the United States, Congress passed the Naturalization Act of 1790, which stated that ________.

Answer 31

only white immigrants could apply for citizenship.

Question 32

Japanese immigrants in the U.S. in the late 19th century experienced ________ from widespread prejudice against Chinese immigrants.

Answer 32

spillover bigotry.

Question 33

Which ancestry si the most prominent among Americans of European ancestry?

Answer 33

German.

Question 34

To be “truly multicultural”, the author suggests that groups within the U.S must

Answer 34

have respect for one another.

Question 35

Which of the following is most congruent with a multicultural society?

Answer 35

pluralism.

Question 36

Which of the following is most responsible for the wide variety of racial traits found ni the world today?

Answer 36

Migration

Question 37

____________ were the ethnic-racial category with the highest median income in 2013.

Answer 37

Asian Americans.

Question 38

Supporters of which theory of prejudice would be most likely to conclude that minorities are blamed for the troubles of others because of frustration?

Answer 38

Scapegoat theory. `

Question 39

A minority of Americans, approximately 37 million, speak ____________ at home, making the U.S. one of the largest nations to use this language.

Answer 39

Spanish.

Question 40

Someone in the U.S. who has Irish ancestors and is learning how to play traditional Irish music is engaging in _______.

Answer 40

ethnic work.

Question 41

The widespread perception that Tiger Woods is African American illustrates the fact that _______.

Answer 41

race categories are social constructs.

Question 42

How would symbolic interactionists interpret racism by lighter-skinned African Americans against darker-skinned African Americans?

Answer 42

They would assume that the racist African Americans had adopted the labels and stereotypes of the dominant culture.

Question 43

Which pattern of intergroup relations fits best with the conflict theory of prejudice?

Answer 43

Internal colonialism.

Question 44

The dominant group in a society almost always considers its position to be a result of its ________.

Answer 44

own innate superiority.

Question 45

Which of the following is identified by sociologist Ashely Doane as a factor that heightens or reduces a sense of ethnic identity?

Answer 45

Appearance.