Multiculturisim

Question 1

________ refers to shared culture and background. Members of an ethnic group usually have common ancestry and generally share language, religion, and other cultural patterns.

Answer 1

Ethnicity

Question 2

_____ is the act of regarding one’s culture as the “center of the universe,” and hence as the basis for all comparisons with other cultures.

Answer 2

Ethnocentrism

Question 3

______ is an adverse judgment or opinion formed beforehand or without knowledge of or examination of the facts; i.e., bias.

Answer 3

Prejudice

Question 4

_____ a way of thinking and acting based on tradition; i.e., learned behavior passed down from one generation to another.

Answer 4

Culture

Question 5

____ generally refers to groups of people with common ancestry and physical characteristics.

Answer 5

Race

Since no “pure” races exist, some prefer to avoid reference to race and instead discuss group differences under the heading of ethnicity. However, the existence of this concept is in dispute.

Question 6

____ is a cognitive position based on a person’s knowledge, feelings, and experiences about someone or something influencing him/her to behave in a certain way about that person or thing.

Answer 6

Attitude

Attitudes change because of life experiences. Attitudes and life experience may exist in a correlative relationship. Hence, a particular life experience may lead to a change in a particular attitude.

Question 7

_____ acting on the basis of prejudice

Answer 7

Discrimination

Question 8

True or False

Prejudice is a universal ill. All of us have some kind of prejudice.

Answer 8

True

Question 9

_____ (fear and insecurity) leads to justification for various types of discrimination that are considered to be of advantage to the dominant group.

Answer 9

Societal Strain

Question 10

_____ provides an outlet for projecting one’s tensions and frustrations onto other people.

Answer 10

Projection

Question 11

_____ - symbolizes one’s affiliation with a more dominant group.

Answer 11

Authoritarian personality

Question 12

___ provides a convenient group or person to blame when things go wrong in one’s personal life or in the community.

Answer 12

Scapegoat

Question 13

____ - affords a convenient grouping for people of whom one is not knowledgeable. Lumping or grouping such people together under a popular stereotyped description saves time and provides a convenient grouping.

Answer 13

Stereotype and Categorical Treatment

Question 14

____ - provides a source of egotistic satisfaction, through comparing others with oneself.

Answer 14

Ethnocentrism

Question 15

The following are examples of the ________:

Ethnocentrism
Stereotype and Categorical Treatment
Scapegoat
Projection
Authoritarian personality
Societal Strain

Answer 15

Functions of Prejudice:

Question 16

Four Basic Feelings or Attitudes Harbored By Most Prejudiced Persons:

1. ______
2. _____
3. _____
4. _____

Answer 16

1. Feeling of superiority
2. Fear
3. Others are strange and different
4. Proprietary claims

Question 17

The following are examples of ________.

Racial 
Ethnic
Gender
National origin
Political affiliation
Authority figures 
Sexual orientation
Differently abled
Religious
Age
Economic/occupational
Weight
Physically challenged
Individual personal preferences

Answer 17

Forms and targets of prejudice

Question 18

True or False

The right to be free implies the right to be different

Answer 18

True

Question 19

________ by any group limits the other groups’ effectiveness in business, education, political office, etc.

Answer 19

Discrimination

Question 20

__________ tends to reinforce prejudice concerning the group’s alleged inferiority

Answer 20

Discrimination

Question 21

The role of the peace officer includes enforcing laws in an ______ manner and supporting the concept that all persons, including criminal justice personnel, are equally subject to the law and will be treated equally by it.

Answer 21

impartial

Question 22

Adverse consequences of insensitivity include:

1. _____
2. _____
3. _____
4. _____
5. ______

Answer 22

1. Hurt feelings
2. Anger
3. Behavior
4. Ineffective performances
5. Loss of personal and professional respect

Question 23

Positive consequences of sensitivity include:

1. _____
2. _____
3. _____
4. _____

Answer 23

1. Respect of community
2. Respect from fellow professionals
3. Support for democratic principles
4. Self respect