Question 1

The sense that better conditions are soon to follow which,if unfulfilled,increases frustration,is called ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  compartmentalization
B)  self-fulfilling prophecy
C)  rising expectations
D)  the definition of the situationE) All of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 2

Identify and describe the six major patterns of minority and dominant group relations.

Accepted Answer

(1)Genocide is the practice or policy by...

Question 3

What did Ezekiel suggest as the reason why some people are attracted to racist hate groups?

Accepted Answer

A)  They have too much leisure time on their hands.
B)  They developed group polarization at an early age.
C)  Hate groups provide some people with a type of meaning in their lives.
D)  Some people are bored and are drawn to risk-taking behavior.E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 4

What is selective perception?

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the act of seeing ce...

Question 5

The belief held by many African Americans that lighter skinned African American women are more attractive than those with darker skin is referred to as ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  the reformulation of race at the micro-level
B)  the internalization of the norms of the dominant group
C)  reverse racism at the micro-level
D)  race betrayal of the minority classE) B) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 6

Ashley Montagu,a physical anthropologist,classified humans into ________ different racial groups.

Accepted Answer

A)  2
B)  40
C)  160
D)  2,000E) All of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 7

The massacre of Native Americans in the 1800s,the extermination of the Jews in Nazi Germany,and the slaughter of the Tutsis in Rwanda are all examples of ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  compurgation
B)  genocide
C)  primogeniture
D)  sublimationE) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 8

Illustrate how and why people learn prejudice.

Accepted Answer

People learn prejudice through socializa...

Question 9

Provide at least one example of a society in which the numerical majority was a sociological minority and a much smaller racial group served as the dominant group.

Accepted Answer

In India prior to 1947,a small number of...

Question 10

How can someone practicing genocide maintain an image of being a good and moral person?

Accepted Answer

They separate their acts from ...

Question 11

In the opening passage introducing the chapter,the author provides a synopsis of Miss Rivers' Lodge. How could professional people,especially doctors,justify the experiment in which they were engaged?

Accepted Answer

Some justifications included feelings of...

Question 12

What is the Implicit Association Test?

Accepted Answer

A)  It is a test of cultural intelligence.
B)  It is a visual perception test that links race to desirable and undesirable words.
C)  It measures the percentage of "white blood" in African Americans.
D)  It is the instrument that differentiates between institutional and individual racism.E) None of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 13

The practice the South employed after the Civil War to segregate blacks from whites was called ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  the Truman Amendment
B)  Horatio Alger Law
C)  the Baxter Principle
D)  Jim Crow lawE) B) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 14

What should the American government do about the Minutemen who patrol the Arizona-Mexican border? What are some of the worst-case scenarios of the Minuteman movement?

Accepted Answer

The government is behind the classic roc...

Question 15

Prejudice describes ________ while discrimination describes ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  values; attitudes
B)  norms; beliefs
C)  attitudes; actions
D)  actions; attitudesE) All of the above
F) None of the above

Question 16

To understand the comparative conditions of Latinos,one must look at people's ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  immigration status
B)  income levels
C)  race and ancestry
D)  countries of originE) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 17

What is pluralism?

Accepted Answer

Pluralism absorbs minority groups into t...

Question 18

Why does William Julius Wilson believe that class,and not race,is the determining characteristic for African Americans being accepted by the dominant culture?

Accepted Answer

African Americans who have been able to ...

Question 19

In what ways do the lies promoted by racist leaders,as described in Down-to-Earth Sociology,"The Racist Mind," undermine constructive responses to social problems? Should there be laws passed to make such groups illegal?

Accepted Answer

Blaming "the Establishment" for people's...

Question 20

The split labor market and reserve labor force are most aligned with the symbolic interactionist perspective.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 9: Race and Ethnicity

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