Prejudice and Racism

_____ is the process by which minorities take on patterns of the dominant category.

A. Assimilation

Which pattern of interaction is also called the salad bowl theory?

A. Assimilation X

_____ is the physical and social separation of the races.

A. Assimilation X

Which court case overturned "separate but equal?"

A. Brown v. the Topeka Kansas Board of Education (1954)

Which is NOT an example of a statement based on prejudice?

A. I eat crepes only on Sunday mornings.

Which statement is correct?

A. The human race is made up of several biolgically distinct sub-races. X

Race is best defined as _____.

A. a socially constructed category made up of people who share biologically transmitted traits.

The Europeans practiced _____ against the Native Americans.

A. assimilation X

Ethnicity involves more _____ than race

A. genetics X

Diversity of physical traits is the result of _____.

A. geography, war, and migration

Racism is _____.

A. the belief that one race is superior to another

rejudice is best defined as _____.

B. an irrational generalization about an entire category of people

Whereas prejudice consists of _____, discrimination is characterized by _____.

B. beliefs; actions

Modern concepts of race evolved _____.

B. during the 19th century

Select the phrase that best describes "race."

C. Socially constructed

Ethnicity is _____.

C. shared cultural heritage

Two characteristics of sociological minorities are _____ and _____.

C. social status; cultural status X

Which theory states that prejudice is the result of conflict between elites and the people?

D. Conflict theory

Which theory claims that prejudice is the result of frustration?

D. Conflict theory X

Which of the following is an exaggerated description applied to every person in some category?

D. Stereotype