Diversity Test Questions #1

in the next 50 years, the total percentage of minority group Americans is projected to increase to

50%

the largest minority group in the US

Hispanics

Which of the following would be classified as primarily an ethnic minority group

Jewish American

"the most important source of inequality arises from a person's relationship to the means of production" this statement might be heard from a

Marxist

which of the following people best illustrates the difference between prestige and class (a) Kim Park, the 24-year-old immigrant from Korea who works in his uncle's grocery store (b) Shirley Umphlett, the African American whose parents moved to New York from Alabama in the 1920s (c) Mary Ann O'Brien the fourth generation Irish Catholic

Shirley Umphlett, the African American whose parents moved to New York from Alabama in the 1920s

skin color is an important marker of group membership in our society because it (a) was selected during a complex and lengthy historical process (b) because important because we attributed significance to it (c) has scientific significance (d) a and b

a and b

the US is often referred to as

a postindustrial society

stereotypes vary by (a) race (b) gender (c) class (d) a and b (e) a, b, and c

a, b, and c

Marx believed that conflict between the bourgeoisie and the proletariat was inevitable and that the ultimate result of this class struggle would be (a) the victory of the working class (b) the creation of the utopian society without exploitation, coercion, or inequality (c) a classless society (d) none of the above (e) all of the above

all of the above

People classified as Asian and Pacific Islander (a) represent many different national and linguistic backgrounds (b) should never be mistaken for unchanging or "natural" divisions between people (c) vary by social class, religion, gender, and in thousands of other ways (d) all of the above

all of the above

a study of Princeton University undergraduates provided the following perspectives on the content of American stereotypes (a) negative and positive stereotypes can be applied to the same group (b) willingness to stereotypes seems to decline over the years (c) the attribution of some traits actually increased in the years between 1933 and 1967 (d) all of the above

all of the above

which of the following is an example of selective perception (a) 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 (b) 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 (c) not presuming that an NFL football player could be gay (d) assuming that the female doctor is really a nurse (e) all of the above

all of the above

which concept below best describes who is prejudiced and does discriminate (a) an all-weather liberal (b) an all-weather bigot (c) a racist (d) an all-weather conservative

an all-weather bigot

according to your textbook, what factor(s) play a role in the origins of prejudice (a) technology (b) socialization (c) competition (d) all of the above (e) b and c

b and c

explanations for the persistence if prejudice through time stress (a) competition (b) culture (c) socialization (d) all of the above (e) b and c

b and c

which of the following represent the two types of stereotypes (a) an African American is described as being lazy, irresponsible, and not intelligent (b) a Chinese American is described as being very crafty, too sly, or too ambitious (c) a woman is described as too passive to be an airplane pilot (d) none of the above (e) both a and b

both a and b

which of the following is thought to be an important cause of authoritarian personalities (a) negative experiences in contacts with minority groups (b) childhood experiences in excessively strict home situations (c) a social structure that forces working-class European Americans to compete with minorities

childhood experiences in excessively strict home situations

according to Weber, a person who became rich by cleaning septic tanks would be higher on ___ but lower on ___

class; prestige

the Bogardus scale of social distance suggests that prejudice is based in

culture

one problem with scapegoat hypothesis is that it

deemphasizes the economic, political, and social forces that shape behavior

a criticism of the authoritarian personality theory of prejudice is that it

does not consider the social settings in which an individual is acting

which of the following is NOT an example of a cultural trait that may be associated with minority status (a) language (b) facial features (c) religion (d) types of foods eaten (e) speech patterns

facial features

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

in examining inequality, Weber might argue that a famous and wealthy rapper might rank

high on class, high on prestige

the social or physical characteristics that mark the boundaries between groups are usually

highly visible

Marxism is a theory of history and social change in which ___ is a central concept

inequality

selective perception

is a tendency to see only what one expects to see

which of the following characteristics is NOT typical of ascribed status (a) it is usually acquired at birth (b) it typically cannot be changed easily (c) it is usually involuntary (d)it can be altered through hard work and motivation (e) it is usually for life

it can be altered through hard work and motivation

Gerhard Lenski is important because he linked the nature of inequality to the ___ of a society

level of development

Laws on miscegenation referred to laws that prevented

member of different races from intermarrying

Max Weber thought that Marx's ideas about inequality were too

narrow

in Sherif's Robber's Cave experiment (a) cooperation increased prejudice (b) all intergroup contact reduced prejudice (c) competition was isolated to games only (d) perjudice caused rejection, attacks, and competition (e) none of the above

none of the above

Societies are divided into horizontal layers (or strata) often called

social class

Hartley (1946) demonstrated that there can be a generalized tendency to reject minority groups of all sorts and stereotypes can exist apart from any need to rationalize or justify dominant-group advantages when he found that

some people will express prejudice against people who don't exist

___ 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 (a) fear and anger (b) stereotyping and overgeneralization (c) repulsion and hatred (d) general dislike (e) distrust

stereotyping and overgeneralization

the concept of social distance best reflects

the degree of intimacy we are willing to permit

a small town experiences a wave of antiminority group violence in the weeks following the announcement of massive layoffs at he local factory. These incidents would be consistent with the predictions of

the scapegoat hypothesis

stratification is another term for

the unequal distribution of valued resources

prejudice is to discrimination as

thinking is to doing

in opposition to Marx, Weber argued that there are ___ dimensions of inequality

three

Emory Bogardus specified a total of seven degrees of social distance. Which of the following is NOT one of them (a) to close kinship (b) to my church as fellow parishioners (c) to employment in my occupation (d) to citizenship in my country

to my church as fellow parishioners

melting pot

type of assimilation in which all groups contribute in roughly equal amounts to a new culture and society