WorksheetsUnit #5: Multiculturalism and Human Relations
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
All of us have some kind of prejudice.
True
False
Democracy cannot work for some unless it works for ____.
Citizens
The disadvantaged
All
None of the other answers
______________________________ 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.
Ethnicity
Culture
Ethnocentrism
Race
Every individual is entitled to equal rights and dignities. They are entitled to them by virtue of being ________.
None of the other answers
Citizen
American
Human Being
If a crime has been committed and among the suspects are a white person and a black person, prejudiced people tend to accuse the black individual. This is an example of ______ prejudice.
Racial
Individual Preferences
Ethic
None of the other answers
Tends to reinforce prejudice concerning the group’s alleged inferiority is an example of ____?
Functions of Discrimination
Basic feelings harbored by most prejudiced persons
Functions of prejudice
Functions of insensitivity
The delicate balance which the _______________ and protects between those who govern and those who are governed must be preserved, if democracy is to survive.
Natural law provides
Constitution provides
Statute provides
Law provides
The right to be ___________ implies the right to be ____________.
Free...different
A citizen..free
An individual...different
American...free
To take necessary enforcement action, basing its intensity on the nature of the situation and the severity of the offense is ____.
Principle of impartiality
Principal of justice
Principal of fairness
None of the other answers
We learn to judge other cultures and people who are different from us through training and education.
True
False
We tend to categorize people and make judgments about them rather than evaluate them based on their individual character. This can lead to _______.
Sterotyping
Prejudice
Discrimination
Societal Strain
When in the divorce there are children involved, it tends to favor the woman to receive the custody. This is a bias based on _____.
Individual preferences
Gender
Economic/occupational
Religious
Which of the following is a task of law enforcement?
Protections of society
Safeguarding individual personal liberties
Both A and B (Protections of society & Safeguarding individual personal liberties)
None of the other answers
Which of the following is an important skill that should be used to be sensitive to the feelings and needs of others?
All the answers are correct
Gather knowledge and information about the person(s)
Gather knowledge and information about the person(s) and be non-judgmental.
Show warmth, genuine interest, and empathy, and be willing to communicate
Which of the following is not a function(s) of prejudice?
Projection
Ethnocentrism
Scapegoat
Feelings of superiority
______ generally refers to groups of people with common ancestry and physical characteristics. Since no “pure” _____ exist, some prefer to avoid reference to _____ and instead discuss group differences under the heading of ethnicity. However, the existence of this concept is in dispute.
Race
National Origin
Culture
Ethnicity
__________ - a way of thinking and acting based on tradition; i.e., learned behavior passed down from one generation to another.
Ethnicity
Race
Culture
Ethnocentrism
__________ is a field of study that focuses on how people of differing cultures communicate with each other.
Cultural communication
Multicultural communication
None of the other answers are correct
Cross cultural communication
___________ - acting on the basis of prejudice
Discrimination
Scapegoat
Ethnocentrism
Projection
____________ is an adverse judgment or opinion formed beforehand or without knowledge of or examination of the facts; i.e., bias.
Stereotype and Categorical Treatment
Prejudice
Scapegoat
Ethnocentrism
______________ - as a member of the group, the individual believes he is entitled to exclusive or prior rights in a certain area.
Proprietary claims
Prejudiced
Feelings of superiority
Ethnocentrism
_______________ (fear and insecurity) leads to justification for various types of discrimination that are considered to be of advantage to the dominant group.
Projection
Societal Strain
Scapegoat
Prejudice
_______________ 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. ____________ change because of life experiences. ____________ and life experience may exist in a correlative relationship. Hence, a particular life experience may lead to a change in a particular ________.
Attitude
Others are strange and different
Prejudice
Projection
_______________- affords a convenient grouping for people of whom one is not knowledgeable. Lumping or grouping such people together under a popular _____________________ description saves time and provides a convenient grouping.
Stereotype and Categorical Treatment
Ethnocentrism
Culture
Scapegoat
_________________ - provides a source of egotistic satisfaction, through comparing others with oneself.
Stereotype and categorical treatment
Culture
Ethnicity
Ethnocentrism
