Question

Question 1. 1 . (TCOs 1 & 2) Those members of society whose cultural understandings and backgrounds are different from one another and from the dominant culture are _____ .  (Points : 10)

ethnic groups

racial groups

White ethnics

culturally different

racial/ethnic communities

Question 2 .  2 . (TCOs 1 & 2) Collections of persons from common racial or ethnic backgrounds who share common cultural interests are _____ .  (Points : 10)

a race

culturally diverse

a culture

culturally different

racial/ethnic communities

Question 3 .  3 . (TCOs 1 & 2) Evaluating cultural differences in relationship to one’s own cultural standards is _____ .  (Points : 10)

stereotyping

marginalization

discrimination

ethnocentrism

prejudice

Question 4 .  4 . (TCOs 1 & 2) This category of people is comprised of Caucasians of Northern or Western European origins, are predominantly Protestant, and hold the majority of political and economic power: (Points : 10)

White ethnics .

Subordinate group .

Whites .

Race .

Ethnic group .

Question 5 .  5 . (TCO 8) In all industrial societies, majority and minority groups are arranged in layers reflecting their relationships with one another .  These layers are also called: (Points : 10)

plateaus.

tortes.

strata.

cliques.

pecking-order.

Question 6 .  6 . (TCO 1) A negative way of thinking based on irrational evaluations about members of a particular group is _____ .  (Points : 10)

discrimination

prejudice

ideology

racism

ethnocentrism

Question 7 .  7 . (TCO 8) Unlike the majority group, most minority groups recognize and understand: (Points : 10)

cultural differences .
differences among members of the other group .
differences among members of their own group .

a different culture as “their own . ”

the value of hard work .

Question 8 .  8 . (TCO 8) According to Robert Merton, a person who believes single mothers are financially unstable and thus refuses to rent apartments to them, is a: (Points : 10)

unprejudiced nondiscriminator.

prejudiced nondiscriminator .

prejudiced discriminator .

unprejudiced discriminator .

gender discriminator .
Question 9 .  9 . (TCO 1 & 2) Prejudice is defined as: (Points : 10)

a negative way of thinking based on irrational evaluations about members of a particular racial group .
a negative way of thinking based on irrational evaluations about members of a different gender .
a negative way of thinking based on irrational evaluations about members of a different sexual orientation .
a negative way of thinking based on rational evaluations about members of a particular group .
a negative way of thinking based on irrational evaluations about members of a particular group .
Question 10 .  10 . (TCO 1 & 2) Marginalization is defined as
(Points : 10)

the process of diminishing the value, importance, contributions, or attributes of a category of people .
the process of gentrification .

the displacement of inner-city residents due to urban renewal .

seating minorities near the kitchen and “on the margins” in restaurants .

societal triage .