Unit 5: Race and Ethnicity

Throughout our sociology course we have been studying different sociological perspectives. Select all answer choices that are perspectives we discussed.

• Functionalism

• Conflict Theory

• Symbolic Interactionism

• Cognitive Theory

(a)   is the systematic effort to destroy an entire population.

True or False: African Americans have more wealth and income than whites.

• True

• False

According to the social construction of race school of thought, race is:

• Based only on geographic regions

• No longer in existence

• A product of the media

• Not biologically identifiable

Exaggerated and simplified descriptions that are applied to every person in a category.

• Stereotypes

• Racism

• Explicit Biases

• Implicit Biases

• Discrimination

The blending or fusing of the minority groups into the dominant society is known as...

• Assimilation

• Cultural Transfusion

• Cultural Pluralism

• None of the Above

Widely held negative attitudes towards a group and its individual members is:

• prejudice
• racism
• discrimination
• stereotype

What perspective explains the purpose of prejudice and discrimination as a way to maintain the power and control of the dominant group?

• Functionalism

• Conflict Perspective

• Symbolic Interactionism

- characterized by mutual respect on the part of all cultures, both dominate and subordinate, creating a multicultural environment of acceptance

- “salad bowl”

• assimilation

• pluralism

• amalgamation

• genocide

True or False: Even after slavery ended, African Americans faced institutionalized segregation and discrimination.

• True

• False