SOC Chapter 10

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An attitude that assumes a typically negative opinion about people who are different from "us" is known as

a. prejudice.

Which of the following statements is true of race?

b. It is a social construction.

The process of adopting the language, values, beliefs, and other characteristics of the host culture is known as

b. acculturation.

Which of the following statements is true of American Indians and Alaska Natives (AIANs)?

d. They have been in what is now the United States longer than any other group.

A(n) ____________ is any physically or culturally distinctive group that has the most economic and political power.

d. dominant group

In the context of sociological explanations of racial-ethnic inequality, ____________ see ongoing strife between dominant and minority groups.

b. conflict theorists

What statement is true regarding interracial dating and marriage?

c. People often marry outside of their racial-ethnic groups because of a shortage of potential spouses within their own group.

Which of the following statements is true of stereotypes?

c. They distort reality.

People who have distinctive physical and cultural characteristics are a(n)

c. racial-ethnic group.

Which of the following statements about immigrants and jobs is true?

d. There's little evidence that immigration has had a negative impact on the majority of native-born workers' wages or employment levels.


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