Question 1

Describe the social standing of several major categories of Hispanic Americans.

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Hispanic Americans come from diverse bac...

Question 2

The claim that defining members of some minority as inferior will make them inferior is one application of

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A)  social distance research.
B)  the iron law of oligarchy.
C)  the Thomas theorem.
D)  authoritarian personality theory.E) All of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 3

Scientific research shows that there are three biologically pure races.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

How are race and ethnicity dimensions of social stratification in the United States? Provide evidence that many racial and ethnic categories of people are minorities-socially disadvantaged due to race or ethnicity.Consider ways in which race and ethnicity combine with gender and class.

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Race and ethnicity are significant dimen...

Question 5

Typically, people who live in _____ perceive fewer racial categories than people who live in _____.

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A)  the United States; Brazil
B)  Brazil; the United States
C)  the Northeast; the Midwest
D)  the West; the NortheastE) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 6

Today, more people are willing to define themselves as multiracial.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Prejudice is a rigid and unfair generalization about an entire category of people.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Authoritarian personality theory states that extreme prejudice is

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A)  built into culture itself.
B)  a trait of certain individuals with particular personalities.
C)  found among poor and disadvantaged people.
D)  found among most people in all societies.E) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 9

From which world regions do most of today's U.S.immigrants come?

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A)  Latin America and Asia
B)  Asia and Africa
C)  Africa and Latin America
D)  Africa and EuropeE) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 10

Among Asian Americans, over half of men and women have completed four years of college.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

According to Theodor Adorno's authoritarian personality theory, prejudiced people

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A)  view society as naturally hierarchical.
B)  reject ethnocentrism.
C)  do not view actions as either right or wrong.
D)  reject all conventional cultural values.E) B) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 12

Why do sociologists consider the "scientific" racial types of Caucasian, Mongoloid, and Negroid to be misleading and even harmful?

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A)  Every society's population contains a lot of genetic mixture.
B)  Various racial categories are genetically very much alike.
C)  The skin color of Caucasian people ranges from very light to very dark.
D)  All of these are correct.E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 13

What is the Bogardus social distance scale? What does research using the scale tell us about changing attitudes of college students towards racial and ethnic minorities?

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The Bogardus social distance scale is a ...

Question 14

Assimilation refers to the process by which

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A)  people become more tolerant of minorities.
B)  minorities gradually adopt patterns of the dominant culture.
C)  all minority categories become more equal in social standing.
D)  people regain their lost cultural heritage.E) All of the above
F) None of the above

Question 15

From which areas of the world are most of today's immigrants arriving? How is this different from the pattern a century ago?

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Today, most immigrants are arriving from...

Question 16

List and define four patterns of minority and majority interaction.Provide an example of each from U.S.history or events in other parts of the world.

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1. Assimilation: This pattern occurs whe...

Question 17

All members of a minority typically share a distinct identity.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Native Americans immigrated to the United States about the time Christopher Columbus came to the Americas.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Scientific research shows that there are three biologically pure races.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Historically, WASPs dominated the United States until about

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A)  1860, with the election of Abraham Lincoln.
B)  1932, with the election of Franklin D.Roosevelt.
C)  1960, with the election of John F.Kennedy.
D)  1992, with the election of Bill Clinton.E) B) and C)
F) B) and D)

Exam 14: Race and Ethnicity

Among Asian Americans, over half of men and women have completed four years of college.

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What is the Bogardus social distance scale? What does research using the scale tell us about changing attitudes of college students towards racial and ethnic minorities?

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According to Theodor Adorno's authoritarian personality theory, prejudiced people

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Scientific research shows that there are three biologically pure races.

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Typically, people who live in _____ perceive fewer racial categories than people who live in _____.

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How are race and ethnicity dimensions of social stratification in the United States? Provide evidence that many racial and ethnic categories of people are minorities-socially disadvantaged due to race or ethnicity.Consider ways in which race and ethnicity combine with gender and class.

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Describe the social standing of several major categories of Hispanic Americans.

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From which areas of the world are most of today's immigrants arriving? How is this different from the pattern a century ago?

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List and define four patterns of minority and majority interaction.Provide an example of each from U.S.history or events in other parts of the world.

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Scientific research shows that there are three biologically pure races.

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From which world regions do most of today's U.S.immigrants come?

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All members of a minority typically share a distinct identity.

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Why do sociologists consider the "scientific" racial types of Caucasian, Mongoloid, and Negroid to be misleading and even harmful?

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Today, more people are willing to define themselves as multiracial.

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Native Americans immigrated to the United States about the time Christopher Columbus came to the Americas.

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