Exam 3: Tools of Dominance: Prejudice and Discrimination

The theory that explains prejudice and discrimination as a means of keeping workers divided, thus easier to control by the capitalist class, is the ________________ theory.

Which of the following characterizes ethnic prejudice?

As he was growing up, Billy Bob's peers and family regularly expressed prejudice toward blacks, Jews, and Latinos.Billy Bob now also expresses prejudice toward members of those groups.Which theory would best explain Billy Bob's ethnic prejudice?

Normative theories explain prejudice and discrimination as products of:

Which of the following characterizes ethnic prejudice?

Surveys today may find that few people are prejudiced because respondents are likely to:

When we are socialized to believe exaggerated depictions of groups to be true, we have bought into:

The main problem with psychological theories of prejudice is:

Discrimination includes all of the following EXCEPT:

Mr.Smith intensely dislikes blacks, Asians, Jews, and Hispanics.He joins the Ku Klux Klan.Mr.Smith, in Merton's terms, is:

In the split labor market theory, the group that gains the most from discriminatory institutions is:

Mrs.Clancey, a white woman, observes the growing political influence of African Americans and Latinos and declares, "I want my country back." This illustrates:

Theories which suggest that prejudice and discrimination arise from personality traits are criticized by sociologists because:

Mr.Jones thinks Italian Americans are involved in some way or another in organized crime.Upon reading in the newspaper about the indictment of several Italian Americans for alleged Mafia activities, he comments to his wife, "You see, they're all involved in organized crime." This is a case of:

Regarding the effect of the mass media (especially television) in the formation of ethnic stereotypes, research seems to indicate that:

In recent years, Tea Party and other right-wing activists have frequently voiced anti-immigrant sentiments and resentment toward President Obama and non-whites, generally in response to what they interpret as threats to their social and economic status.These attitudes and actions illustrate which theory of prejudice and discrimination?

All of the following are examples of institutionalized discrimination EXCEPT:

Normative theories of prejudice and discrimination basically posit that:

Which of the following illustrates structural discrimination?

Who studied affective and cognitive dimensions of prejudice called "social distance?"