ch 3 Prejudice and Discrimination

Which of the following are the key actors, according to split labor market theorists?

Capitalists, higher-priced labor, lower-priced labor

What are two general stereotypes of minority groups?

Extreme inferiority and power and status differences

When minority groups in a society are exploited and held in a powerless status by the dominant group, which of the following stereotypes is most likely to emerge about that minority group?

Lazy

"The elite segments of American society are using prejudice and racism to manipulate the thoughts and ideas of minority groups and to brainwash them into accepting their position in society." This statement is most consistent with:

Marxist analysis

Some research suggests prejudice is declining in the United States. What suggests it might not be declining?

Modern racism Hate crimes

Which of the following best explains "irrational" forms of prejudice?

Personality-centered theories

Most reported hate crimes are:

Racially motivated, with blacks as a target

Germany lost World War I and experienced severe problems with economic recession, unemployment, and horrific inflation during the 1920s. Which theory/theories best explains the rise of the Nazi party in Germany in the 1930s?

Scapegoat theories

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 a freeway at 35 miles an hour while ignoring the good driver who happens to be elderly Not presuming that an NFL football player could be gay Assuming that the female doctor is really a nurse All of the above

______ are exaggerated generalizations about groups of people and tend to be overly simplistic and difficult to prove.

Stereotypes

Which of the following is not an example of the affective dimension of prejudice?

Stereotyping and overgeneralizations

When power differentials in a society are not very extreme, which of the following stereotypes is most likely to emerge about a minority group?

Too smart

According to Marxism, the capitalist class in the early 20th century controlled the racially mixed working class by:

a strategy of divide and conquer

In An American Dilemma, Dr. Gunnar Myrdal suggests that there is a basic conflict (or dissonance) between:

basically egalitarian values and the discriminatory behaviors simultaneously found in U.S. culture

The one common factor that seems to account for the origin of all prejudice is:

competition between groups

The Bogardus scale of social distance suggests that prejudice is based in:

culture

Marxism also explains group competition and prejudice by suggesting:

elites control the means of production and also the ideas and intellectual activity in a society

Many years ago, a European American storeowner in a racist town succumbed to pressures from others and agreed to ban African Americans from his shop, even though he himself was not prejudiced at all. This merchant was an example of Merton's:

fair-weather liberal

Selective perception:

is a tendency to see only what one expects to see

The idea that racism is changing form to a more subtle way of expressing negative feelings is called:

modern racism

You hear someone say that "all women are bad drivers," "all Asians are smart," and "all Latinos drive low-riders." These are examples of:

stereotypes

The concept of social distance best reflects:

the degree of intimacy we are willing to permit