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Unit #5: Multiculturalism and Human Relations

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

All of us have some kind of prejudice.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

Democracy cannot work for some unless it works for ____.

a)

Citizens

b)

The disadvantaged

c)

All

d)

None of the other answers

3.


______________________________ 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.

a)

Ethnicity

b)

Culture

c)

Ethnocentrism

d)

Race

4.

Every individual is entitled to equal rights and dignities.  They are entitled to them by virtue of being ________.

a)

None of the other answers

b)

Citizen

c)

American

d)

Human Being

5.

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.

a)

Racial

b)

Individual Preferences

c)

Ethic

d)

None of the other answers

6.

Tends to reinforce prejudice concerning the group’s alleged inferiority is an example of ____?

a)

Functions of Discrimination

b)

Basic feelings harbored by most prejudiced persons

c)

Functions of prejudice

d)

Functions of insensitivity

7.

The delicate balance which the _______________ and protects between those who govern and those who are governed must be preserved, if democracy is to survive.

a)

Natural law provides

b)

Constitution provides

c)

Statute provides

d)

Law provides

8.

The right to be ___________ implies the right to be ____________.

a)


Free...different

b)

A citizen..free

c)

An individual...different

d)

American...free

9.

To take necessary enforcement action, basing its intensity on the nature of the situation and the severity of the offense is ____.

a)

Principle of impartiality

b)

Principal of justice

c)

Principal of fairness

d)

None of the other answers

10.

We learn to judge other cultures and people who are different from us through training and education.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

We tend to categorize people and make judgments about them rather than evaluate them based on their individual character.  This can lead to _______.

a)

Sterotyping

b)

Prejudice

c)

Discrimination

d)

Societal Strain

12.

When in the divorce there are children involved, it tends to favor the woman to receive the custody. This is a bias based on _____.

a)

Individual preferences

b)

Gender

c)

Economic/occupational

d)

Religious

13.

Which of the following is a task of law enforcement?

a)

Protections of society

b)

Safeguarding individual personal liberties

c)

Both A and B (Protections of society & Safeguarding individual personal liberties)

d)

None of the other answers

14.

Which of the following is an important skill that should be used to be sensitive to the feelings and needs of others?

a)

All the answers are correct

b)

Gather knowledge and information about the person(s)

c)

Gather knowledge and information about the person(s) and be non-judgmental.

d)

Show warmth, genuine interest, and empathy, and be willing to communicate

15.

Which of the following is not a function(s) of prejudice?

a)

Projection

b)

Ethnocentrism

c)

Scapegoat

d)

Feelings of superiority

16.


______ 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.

a)

Race

b)

National Origin

c)

Culture

d)

Ethnicity

17.

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

a)

Ethnicity

b)

Race

c)

Culture

d)

Ethnocentrism

18.

__________ is a field of study that focuses on how people of differing cultures communicate with each other.

a)

Cultural communication

b)

Multicultural communication

c)

None of the other answers are correct

d)

Cross cultural communication

19.

___________ - acting on the basis of prejudice

a)

Discrimination

b)

Scapegoat

c)

Ethnocentrism

d)

Projection

20.


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

a)

Stereotype and Categorical Treatment

b)

Prejudice

c)

Scapegoat

d)

Ethnocentrism

21.


______________ - as a member of the group, the individual believes he is entitled to exclusive or prior rights in a certain area.

a)

Proprietary claims

b)

Prejudiced

c)

Feelings of superiority

d)

Ethnocentrism

22.


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

a)

Projection

b)

Societal Strain

c)

Scapegoat

d)

Prejudice

23.

_______________ 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 ________.

a)

Attitude

b)

Others are strange and different

c)

Prejudice

d)

Projection

24.

_______________- 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.

a)

Stereotype and Categorical Treatment

b)

Ethnocentrism

c)

Culture

d)

Scapegoat

25.


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

a)

Stereotype and categorical treatment

b)

Culture

c)

Ethnicity

d)

Ethnocentrism