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WorksheetsQuiz: Race & Ethnicity - Sociology
Total questions: 38
Worksheet time: 19mins
What’s defined as shared cultural practices and perspectives that set a people group apart from others?
Ethnicity
Taboos
Norms
Customs
What do we call a state whose boundaries match the territory traditionally held by an ethnicity that has been transformed into a nationality?
Nation-state
State
Country
Province
Why do nationalities depend on the existence of particular countries?
People who share a nationality must own space (a geography) within a country.
People who share a nationality must have a passport.
People who share a nationality must have a right to govern themselves.
People who share a nationality must swim.
What describes the belief that unites the people of a state?
Cultural claim
Cultural affirmation
Nationalism
Centralized force
What provides a force or attitude that unifies the people of a state?
Cultural claim
Cultural affirmation
Nationalism
Centralized force
Many people develop a sense of ______ or belonging to a community based on ethnic identity.
bias
tolerance
social cohesiveness
justice
What is the role of the psychologist in promoting tolerance?
Psychologists should tell patients to be more tolerant.
Psychologists should fight against intolerance in society.
Psychologists can help patients work through their own biases.
Psychologists have nothing to do with the topic of tolerance.
Why is inclusiveness as it relates to ethnic diversity important to psychology?
It relates to sense of belonging.
It relates to justice.
It relates to bias.
It relates to tolerance.
In which of the following ways do ethnic diversity issues influence people?
It affects people’s values.
It affects people’s beliefs.
It affects people’s sense of belonging.
All of the above.
Why is ethnic diversity important to psychology?
A) Ethnic diversity causes more conflict.
B) Ethnic diversity is actually totally irrelevant to psychology.
C) Ethnic diversity helps psychologists understand how people interact and function within diverse communities.
D) Ethnic diversity causes people to avoid each other.
Which of the following do most contemporary sociologists and anthropologists believe about race?
Race is a biologically coherent physical category that reflects real differences between people.
Race is biologically meaningless and is a social construct that reflects cultural differences and power relations within racial groups.
Race should and people can easily shift their race depending on how they feel about themselves.
Race is only about differences like skin, hair, and eye color.
Which of the following best explains what race is?
Body scientists believe that race was a social construct created to justify inequality.
Race is a set of physical differences that scientists use to classify people into groups.
Race is a set of social differences that scientists use to classify people into groups.
Race is a set of physical differences like skin, hair, and eye color.
Which of the following best explains what ethnicity is?
Ethnicity refers to physical differences like skin, hair, and eye color.
Ethnicity refers to shared cultural traits and a shared sense of group identity.
Ethnicity is a biological category that scientists use to classify people into groups.
Ethnicity is a set of social differences that scientists use to classify people into groups.
Which of the following statements about ethnicity is true?
Sociologists believe that ethnicity is a biological category that scientists use to classify people into groups.
Ethnicity is a set of social differences that scientists use to classify people into groups.
Ethnicity is a set of physical differences like skin, hair, and eye color.
Ethnicity is a shared sense of group identity and shared cultural traits that are difficult to change.
What does the U.S. Census Bureau project the country's racial makeup will look like by 2045, if current trends continue?
Minority groups will outnumber white people
Non-Hispanic white people will still outnumber all racial minority groups
The combined number of racial minority groups will equal the number of non-Hispanic white people
Most people will be Asian
Which of the following socially-constructed categories considers non-Hispanic white people as the majority group?
Scandinavian
White
African
Asian
A basic distinction between race and ethnicity is that race is based on ________, whereas ethnicity is defined by ________.
A) biology; culture
B) culture; biology
C) sociology; psychology
D) psychology; sociology
Which of the following is TRUE about minority groups in the U.S.?
Most minority groups do not learn English due to lack of access to English instruction
Minority groups tend to have less power and resources than the majority group, and therefore, they rely on the majority group for social resources
Minority groups are defined by tradition and a statistically small number of members
Minority groups are characterized by a shared religion and social subordination
Minority groups are characterized by ________.
a shared religion and a statistically small number of members
social subordination
a distinctive identity
being more powerful than the majority group
A university gives scholarships to students from lower-income families, but not to those from higher-income families. This university engages in ________ as part of official university rules. The university neither encourages nor discourages the behavior.
Adoption
Employment
Institutional
Intentional
Denying or restricting the rights of a person due to their membership in a certain group is an example of ________.
Stereotype
Prejudice
Discrimination
Discussion
Typically exaggerated and/or oversimplified beliefs about a certain group of people is known as a(n) ________.
Stereotype
Prejudice
Discrimination
Discussion
Which of the following is the best example of prejudice?
A) A woman believes it will rain because she sees many grey clouds in the sky.
B) A man believes that all blondes are less intelligent than people with dark hair, so he purposely stops hiring blondes.
C) A student believes that all blondes are less intelligent than people with dark hair.
D) A police officer thinks that African Americans are more likely to commit crimes than individuals of other races.
A specific police officer thinks that African Americans are more likely to commit crimes than individuals of other races. This is known as a(n) ________.
Fact
Crime
Stereotype
Wrong
Which of the following is considered to be a good predictor of whether a person will discriminate or not?
Recognition
Belief in a stereotype
Cultural beliefs and traditions
Strength of affect and cognition
Tara asserts that people who drive foreign cars are snobs. Tara is exhibiting which component of the ABC model?
Behavior
Cognition
Contempt
Affect
Jane lives in a rural area and feels negatively about people who grew up in cities. Janet's feelings demonstrate which component of the ABC model?
Behavior
Affect
Accommodation
Cognition
Harvey owns an upscale restaurant and refuses to allow children under the age of twelve to eat there. Harvey's behavior is an example of:
A) Affect
B) Discrimination
C) Cognition
D) Indifference
Prejudices are based on ______, and they are tied to the component of the ABC model.
negativity; cognition
emotions; affect
beliefs; behavior
culture; cognition
Eric works in a company. He notices his female colleagues getting promoted. As a result, he starts thinking that women are taking over the company. This is an example of:
conflict theory
cultural transmission
social identity
authoritarian personality
The ______ theory tells us that people engage in prejudice toward an outgroup in order to boost their own self-esteem and make their own group identity with more appealing.
cultural transmission
social identity
authoritarian personality
scapegoat
Which of the following statements about scapegoat theory is FALSE?
It is easier to blame problems on people from a different group when times are difficult.
People feel always perceived for causing problems.
People blame other groups for causing problems.
Charlotte is a rigid thinker. Obeys authority. Sees things in black and white. Believes in a hierarchical structure of society. She thinks that Americans are better than non-Americans. Her thinking is an example of:
authoritarian personality
social identity
cultural norms
cultural transmission
The ______ theory asserts that children are taught to be prejudiced through cultural norms and values.
conflict
social identity
cultural transmission
authoritarian personality
When two or more groups coexist in the same place, it is called
genocide
segregation
pluralism
miscegenation
The legal separation of groups of people is called
miscegenation
genocide
segregation
assimilation
Laura is from Costa Rica. She married José who is from Mexico, where they currently live. Now she has integrated elements from Mexican culture into her daily life. This is an example of
segregation
assimilation
miscegenation
genocide
Decades ago, the U.S. government prohibited marriage between a Black person and a white person. The government had an anti-____ law.
segregation
genocide
pluralism
miscegenation
