Sociology Ch. 10 Self-Quiz

exploitation

Advocates of Marxist class theory argue that the basis for racial subordination in the United States lies within the capitalist economic system. Another representation of this point of view is reflected in which of the following theories?

Jim Crow

After the Civil War, the Southern states passed "___" laws to enforce official segregation and the Supreme Court upheld them as constitutional in 1896.

assimilation

Alphonso D'Abruzzo changed his name to Alan Alda. His action is an example of ___.

model, ideal

Asian Americans are held up as a(n) ___ or ___ minority group, supposedly because despite past suffering from prejudice and discrimination, they have succeeded economically, socially, educationally without resorting to political and violent confrontations with Whites.

Latinos

Collectively, Mexican Americans and Puerto Ricans are a part of a larger ethnic group called ___.

Black power

In the 1960s, proponents of ___ rejected the goal of assimilation into White, middle-class society. They defended the beauty and dignity of Black and African cultures and supported the creation of Black-controlled political and economic institutions.

Native Americans

In which of the following racial or ethnic groups has one teenager in every six attempted suicide?

amalgamation

Intermarriage over several generations, resulting in various groups combining to form a new group, would be an example of ___.

prejudice

Racism is a form of which of the following?

ascribed

Sociologists consider race and ethnicity to be ___ statuses, since people are born into racial and ethnic groups.

cultural bias

Sociologists have identified the five basic properties of a minority group. Which of the following is not one of those properties?

prejudice

Sociologists use the term ___ to refer to a negative attitude toward an entire category of people, often an ethnic or racial minority.

discrimination

Suppose that a White-employer refuses to hire a qualified Vietnamese American but hires an inferior White applicant. This decision is an act of ___.`

a self-fulfilling prophecy

Suppose that a workplace requires that only English be spoken, even when it is not a business necessity to restrict the use of other languages. This requirement would be an example of ___.

African Americans

The largest racial minority group in the United States is ___.

construction

The one-drop role was a vivid example of the social ___ of race- the process by which people come to define a group as a race based in part on physical characteristics, but also on historical, cultural, and economic factors.

White privilege

When White Americans can use credit cards without suspicion and browse through stores without being shadowed by security guards, they are enjoying ___.

the contact-hypothesis

Working together as computer programmers for an electronics firm, a Hispanic woman and a Jewish man overcome their initial prejudices and come to appreciate each other's strengths and talents. This scenario is an example of ___.

stereotypes

___ are unreliable generalizations about all members of a group that do not recognize individual differences between the group.

affirmative action

___ refers to positive efforts to recruit minority group members or women for jobs, promotions, and educational opportunities.