Chapters 1-3
In the next 50 years, the total percentage of minority group Americans is projected to increase to:
50%
Park felt that intergroup relationships go through a predictable set of phases that he called
A "race relations cycle"
The population of the US is currently:
Affected by long-standing unresolved minority issues, affected by rising immigration rates, increasingly diverse, increasingly multilingual
Which of the following represent the two types of stereotypes
An African-American is described as being lazy, irresponsible, and not intelligent; Chinese-American is described to be very crafty, to sly, or too ambitious
The process of assimilation could be illustrated by
And immigrant learning the language of her new country
Which inter-marriage best eliminates Kennedys concept of the "triple melting pot"
And marriage between Polish Jewish man and a Russian Jewish woman
The two groups projected yo increase dramatically in the United States over the next half of century are:
Asian and Pacific Islanders and Hispanic Americans
In the American dilemma Dr. Gunnar Myrdal suggest that there is a basic conflict for dominance between
Basically Egalitarian values in the discriminatory behavior simultaneously found in US culture
Which of the following are the key actors, according to split market theorists
Capitalists, higher-priced labor, lower-priced labor
Which of the following is not to be an important cause of authoritarian personalities
Childhood experiences in excessively strict home situations
The one common factor that seems to account for the origin of all prejudice is
Competition between groups
The Roberts can experiment support the idea that prejudice can be caused by
Conflict situations between groups
The Amish are committed to a way of life organized around farming. They maintain a culture and an institutional life that is separate from the dominant culture. The kind of pluralism the best describes and is
Cultural pluralism
One problem with the scapegoat hypothesis is that it
Deemphasize is the economic, political, and social forces that shape behavior
One of the variables that researchers suggest is the cause of the declining prejudice is
Education
Human capital serious believe that the greatest investment in__________The higher the person's chances of success
Education, personal values, and skills
According to Lenski's theory, inequality in a postindustrial society would center on control of:
Educational opportunities and technologies
Marxism also explains a group competition and prejudice by suggesting
Elites control the means of production and also the idea and intellectual activity in the society
____________ establish their own neighborhood and rely on a set of interconnected businesses, each of which is usually small in scope, for economic survival
Enclave minorities
Gordon argue that the most significant structural unit within US society was defined by the intersection of the religious/ethnic and social class boundaries. He called this
Ethclass
Which of the following is NOT an example of a cultural trait that may be associated with minority status?
Facial features
A "middleman Minority" establishes it's a neighborhood and relies on a set of interconnected businesses for its economic survival
False
According to the social theory, prejudice can be attributed to conflict and power struggle between groups
False
All intergroup contact racist prejudice
False
Gordman's believe that assimilation is inevitable in a democratic and industrial society and Val is a predictable cycle
False
Groups that are defined primarily by their culture characteristics are called racial minority groups
False
Stereotypes are central to the active dimension of prejudice
False
It is common in sociology to separate the social structure in a primary and secondary sectors. Which of the following categories is considered part of the primary sector?
Families
Pluralism exist when
Groups remain separate, and their culture and social differences persist over time
The largest minority group in the US is:
Hispanics
Which of the following theories argues that status attainment is a direct result of educational levels, personal values and skills
Human capital Theory
Which of the following best explains irrational forms of prejudice
Increasing education and hate crimes
When entire groups are treated unfairly and unequal in the institutions of the larger society, this is called:
Institutional discrimination
According to Milton Gordman, integration in the secondary sector will lead to
Integration in the primary sector
Social structure is divided into primary and secondary sector's. primary sectors refers to
Interpersonal relationships that are intimate and personal such as families and friendship groups
Selective perception
Is a tendency to see only want one expect to see
Herbert Blumer says prejudice________
Is activated and groups feel that they are threatened by groups they see as beneath them
Which of the following characteristics is NOT typical of ascribed status?
It can be altered through hard work and motivation
Which of the following would be classified as a primarily and ethnic minority group?
Jewish Americans
"The most important source of inequality arises from a persons relationship to the means of production." This statement might be heard from a:
Marxist
"Delete segments of American society are using prejudice and racism to manipulate the thoughts and ideas of minority groups into brainwash them into accepting a position in society" this statement is most consistent with
Marxist analysis
The idea that racism is changing forM to a More Subtle Way of expressing negative feelings is called
Modern racism
In sheriffs Roberts cave experiment
None of the above
Societies that I have a tradition of male dominance where men have more control over the economy and leadership positions in religion, politics, and other institutions are:
Patriarchal
At the individual level, the "thinking/feeling" dimension of minority group mistreatment is called:
Prejudice
The distinction between prejudice and discrimination is:
Prejudice is an attitude; discrimination is a behavior
In Milton Gordon stages of assimilation, what phase immediately precedes marital assimilation
Primary structural integration
Stereotypes very by
Race, gender, class
Most reported hate crimes are
Racially motivated, with blacks as a target
Ethclass is defined by their intersection of
Religion, ethnic, and social class
A politician states in a campaign speech that "it is in evitable that our group differences will disappear as we grow and mature as a society." The statement because the thinking of
Robert park
Which of the following is an example of selective perception
Seeing a Native American who is drinking in a bar but not noticing the Native American who is neatly dressed in a three-piece Armani suit; seeing the old man who pulls out on the freeway at 35 miles an hour while ignoring the good driver who happened to be elderly; not pressuring that an NFL football player could be gait; assuming that the female doctor is really nurse
When the goal of the minority group is to sever all ties with the largest city, this is called
Separatism
Societies are divided into horizontal layers (or strata) often called:
Social classes
__________Are exaggerated generalizations about groups of people and tend to be overly simplistic and difficult to prove
Stereotypes
A person sees a Mexican American male and assumes he is an illegal immigrant. This is an example of:
Stereotyping
According to Marxism, qthe capitalist class is the early 20th-century control the racial mix working-class by
Strategy of divide and conquer
___________ assimilation occurs when a minority group enters a secondary sector of the larger society and occupies the same public institution such as churches, clubs, schools, and workplaces
Structural
Compared to the past, American prejudice today can be described as more:
Subtle
Friends are to the primary sector as_______________Are to the secondary sector
Task orientated groups
The concept of multiculturalism includes
The idea of Mutual respect for all groups and heritages
Melting pot is a term for
The traditional perspective on assimilation, how diverse people helped to construct US society, assimilation as egalitarian and benign, A process that emphasizes sharing and inclusion
Stratification is another term for:
The unequal distribution of valued resources
Marked believed that conflict between the bourgeoisie or and the proletart was inevitable and that the ultimate result of this class struggle would be:
The victory of the working class, the creation of a utopian society without exploitation, coercion, or inequality, a classless society
Women can be viewed as a minority group because:
They are physically identifiable as different from men and they have less property, prestige and power in our society
Prejudice is to discrimination as
Thinking is to doing
"Sojourners" or "birds of Assage" is the term used her for immigrants who intended to remain in United States to accumulate wealth and then return to the old country
True
According to power/conflict theory prejudice is not a matter of childhood experiences, social distance, or personal likes and dislikes, prejudice exist because someone or some group gains by it
True
Children as young as 5 to 6 months are capable of distinguishing some aspects of gender and race between categories of people
True
Education is a key factor in successful assimilation today
True
Ideological racism is a belief system that asserts that a particular group is inferior. In other words, it is the group or societal equivalent of individual prejudice
True
Interracial marriages were illegal in some states in the United States until the late 1960s
True
Max Weber distinguish three different sources of stratification in society class, prestige, and power
True
The social conception of race retains a great deal of strength in every day life in the United States
True
According to your book, which of the following could not be considered minorities:
Whites