Question 1

In an effort to simplify the concept of race, the U.S. Census Board has, over time, reduced the number of possible racial categories on the census.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 2

What is the contact hypothesis? Based on your own personal experiences of interaction with members of different groups, how plausible do you find this hypothesis? Use your own experiences to illustrate your answer.

Accepted Answer

The contact hypothesis is a social psychological theory that suggests that intergroup contact between members of different groups can reduce prejudice and improve intergroup relations, under certain conditions. These conditions include equal status between the groups, common goals, intergroup cooperation, and support from authorities or institutions.

In my personal experience, I have found the contact hypothesis to be quite plausible. I have had the opportunity to interact with members of different groups in various settings, and I have seen firsthand how these interactions have helped to break down stereotypes and reduce prejudice. For example, in a previous workplace, I had the chance to work closely with colleagues from different cultural backgrounds. Through our collaboration on projects and our shared goals, we were able to build mutual respect and understanding, leading to improved intergroup relations within the organization.

Similarly, in my community, I have participated in events and activities that have brought together people from diverse backgrounds. These interactions have allowed me to challenge my own preconceived notions and develop more positive attitudes towards individuals from different groups.

Overall, my personal experiences have shown me that the contact hypothesis is indeed plausible. When individuals have the opportunity to interact with members of different groups in a positive and cooperative environment, it can lead to improved intergroup relations and reduced prejudice. However, it is important to note that the success of intergroup contact depends on the specific conditions and context in which it occurs.

Question 3

Which of the following illustrates institutional discrimination?

Accepted Answer

A)  A city adopts an aggressive minority-hiring program for 3 years, but in the 4th year, the city fires all employees hired during the last three years. 
B)  A country club has a rule specifying that no Italians or Jews may be members. 
C)  A mental institution in New York will not allow residents of Connecticut or Massachusetts to receive services in the facility. 
D)  A manager for a men's athletic club refuses to hire women to work as attendants because they will need to go into the men's locker room. 
A)  A city adopts an aggressive minority-hiring program for 3 years, but in the 4th year, the city fires all employees hired during the last three years. 
B)  A country club has a rule specifying that no Italians or Jews may be members. 
C)  A mental institution in New York will not allow residents of Connecticut or Massachusetts to receive services in the facility. 
D)  A manager for a men's athletic club refuses to hire women to work as attendants because they will need to go into the men's locker room. A

Question 4

What country was the largest recipient of U.S. immigrant remittances in 2017?

Accepted Answer

A)  India 
B)  Guatemala 
C)  China 
D)  Mexico 
A)  India 
B)  Guatemala 
C)  China 
D)  Mexico

Question 5

Which of the following defines a minority group?

Accepted Answer

A)  a group that has recently arrived in their current nation of residence and has relatively few members 
B)  a group that is set apart from others because of its national origin or distinctive cultural patterns 
C)  a group that is set apart from others because members possess physical differences that have taken on social significance 
D)  a subordinate group whose members lack access to valued resources in a society 
A)  a group that has recently arrived in their current nation of residence and has relatively few members 
B)  a group that is set apart from others because of its national origin or distinctive cultural patterns 
C)  a group that is set apart from others because members possess physical differences that have taken on social significance 
D)  a subordinate group whose members lack access to valued resources in a society

Question 6

Which of the following would NOT be considered discrimination?

Accepted Answer

A)  Sue refuses to hire Jane because she is poor. 
B)  Jane, who is poor, vandalizes the cars of rich people because she believes they are snobs. 
C)  Sue proclaims that all poor people are criminals. 
D)  Sue refuses to give Jane a ride to work because Jane is poor. 
A)  Sue refuses to hire Jane because she is poor. 
B)  Jane, who is poor, vandalizes the cars of rich people because she believes they are snobs. 
C)  Sue proclaims that all poor people are criminals. 
D)  Sue refuses to give Jane a ride to work because Jane is poor.

Question 7

Which of the following is True about the contact hypothesis?

Accepted Answer

A)  It states that contact between people of different classes will cause them to become less prejudiced and to abandon previous stereotypes. 
B)  It states that interracial contact between people of equal status will cause them to become less prejudiced and to abandon previous stereotypes. 
C)  It views subordination as a means of regulating contact between dominant and subordinate groups. 
D)  It states that contact between people of the same race will cause them to become less prejudiced and to abandon previous stereotypes. 
A)  It states that contact between people of different classes will cause them to become less prejudiced and to abandon previous stereotypes. 
B)  It states that interracial contact between people of equal status will cause them to become less prejudiced and to abandon previous stereotypes. 
C)  It views subordination as a means of regulating contact between dominant and subordinate groups. 
D)  It states that contact between people of the same race will cause them to become less prejudiced and to abandon previous stereotypes.

Question 8

Which of the following is considered a form of institutional discrimination?

Accepted Answer

A)  a firm's prohibition against the use of part-time workers 
B)  a law school's policy of giving preference in admissions to children of influential alumni 
C)  a firm's rule that only English be spoken at work 
D)  All of the answer choices are correct. 
A)  a firm's prohibition against the use of part-time workers 
B)  a law school's policy of giving preference in admissions to children of influential alumni 
C)  a firm's rule that only English be spoken at work 
D)  All of the answer choices are correct.

Question 9

An African American who believes that African American culture is superior to all other cultures is guilty of ethnocentrism.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

A person loudly proclaims that "all black people are lazy, shiftless, and collect welfare." This is an example of

Accepted Answer

A)  a stereotype. 
B)  racial development. 
C)  racial formation. 
D)  the "one-drop rule." 
A)  a stereotype. 
B)  racial development. 
C)  racial formation. 
D)  the "one-drop rule."

Question 11

Which of the following equations represents assimilation?

Accepted Answer

A)  A + B + C $\rightarrow$ A 
B)  A + B + C $\rightarrow$ D 
C)  None of the answer choices are correct. 
D)  A + B + C $\rightarrow$A + B + C 
A)  A + B + C $\rightarrow$ A 
B)  A + B + C $\rightarrow$ D 
C)  None of the answer choices are correct. 
D)  A + B + C $\rightarrow$A + B + C

Question 12

What term is used by sociologists to describe presumed biological differences between humans to which people attach meaning, resulting in the creation of supposed genetically distinct subgroups within the population?

Accepted Answer

A)  ethnicity 
B)  race 
C)  minority 
D)  status 
A)  ethnicity 
B)  race 
C)  minority 
D)  status

Question 13

How does the glass ceiling affect racial and ethnic minorities in the United States?

Accepted Answer

A)  African Americans and Hispanics are held back from top positions, but other racial and ethnic minorities are not affected. 
B)  It does not have a significant impact on them. 
C)  It holds back members of most racial and ethnic minorities from top positions. 
D)  African Americans are held back from top positions, but other racial and ethnic minorities are not affected. 
A)  African Americans and Hispanics are held back from top positions, but other racial and ethnic minorities are not affected. 
B)  It does not have a significant impact on them. 
C)  It holds back members of most racial and ethnic minorities from top positions. 
D)  African Americans are held back from top positions, but other racial and ethnic minorities are not affected.

Question 14

According to the "contact hypothesis," racial tensions increase when individuals from different racial groups are forced to work together on a common task.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Which of the following equations would represent pluralism?

Accepted Answer

A)  A + B + C $\rightarrow$A 
B)  None of the answer choices are correct. 
C)  A + B + C $\rightarrow$A + B + C 
D)  A + B + C $\rightarrow$ D 
A)  A + B + C $\rightarrow$A 
B)  None of the answer choices are correct. 
C)  A + B + C $\rightarrow$A + B + C 
D)  A + B + C $\rightarrow$ D

Question 16

President Trump's zero tolerance border enforcement policy resulted in the separation of immigrant children from their parents at the border.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

The theory that interaction with people unlike ourselves decreases negative attitudes we may have about them is called

Accepted Answer

A)  affirmative action. 
B)  the contact hypothesis. 
C)  the discrimination theory. 
D)  the immersion hyphothesis. 
A)  affirmative action. 
B)  the contact hypothesis. 
C)  the discrimination theory. 
D)  the immersion hyphothesis.

Question 18

According to a national survey, ______ of Whites now believe that anti-White discrimination is at least as common as discrimination against Blacks and other minority groups.

Accepted Answer

A)  10 percent 
B)  50 percent 
C)  25 percent 
D)  90 percent 
A)  10 percent 
B)  50 percent 
C)  25 percent 
D)  90 percent

Question 19

Which of the following defines affirmative action?

Accepted Answer

A)  hiring larger numbers of minorities for executive positions based on their work experience and educational histories 
B)  allowing minority group members or women to receive jobs, promotions, and educational opportunities in larger numbers 
C)  positive efforts to recruit minority group members or women for jobs, promotions, and educational opportunities 
D)  admitting larger numbers of minorities to colleges based solely on their academic qualifications 
A)  hiring larger numbers of minorities for executive positions based on their work experience and educational histories 
B)  allowing minority group members or women to receive jobs, promotions, and educational opportunities in larger numbers 
C)  positive efforts to recruit minority group members or women for jobs, promotions, and educational opportunities 
D)  admitting larger numbers of minorities to colleges based solely on their academic qualifications

Question 20

The difference between prejudice and discrimination is the same as the difference between thought and action.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

In an effort to simplify the concept of race, the U.S. Census Board has, over time, reduced the number of possible racial categories on the census.

What is the contact hypothesis? Based on your own personal experiences of interaction with members of different groups, how plausible do you find this hypothesis? Use your own experiences to illustrate your answer.

Which of the following illustrates institutional discrimination?

What country was the largest recipient of U.S. immigrant remittances in 2017?

Which of the following defines a minority group?

Which of the following would NOT be considered discrimination?

Which of the following is True about the contact hypothesis?

Which of the following is considered a form of institutional discrimination?

An African American who believes that African American culture is superior to all other cultures is guilty of ethnocentrism.

A person loudly proclaims that "all black people are lazy, shiftless, and collect welfare." This is an example of

Which of the following equations represents assimilation?

What term is used by sociologists to describe presumed biological differences between humans to which people attach meaning, resulting in the creation of supposed genetically distinct subgroups within the population?

How does the glass ceiling affect racial and ethnic minorities in the United States?

According to the "contact hypothesis," racial tensions increase when individuals from different racial groups are forced to work together on a common task.

Which of the following equations would represent pluralism?

President Trump's zero tolerance border enforcement policy resulted in the separation of immigrant children from their parents at the border.

The theory that interaction with people unlike ourselves decreases negative attitudes we may have about them is called

According to a national survey, ______ of Whites now believe that anti-White discrimination is at least as common as discrimination against Blacks and other minority groups.

Which of the following defines affirmative action?

The difference between prejudice and discrimination is the same as the difference between thought and action.

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In an effort to simplify the concept of race, the U.S. Census Board has, over time, reduced the number of possible racial categories on the census.

What is the contact hypothesis? Based on your own personal experiences of interaction with members of different groups, how plausible do you find this hypothesis? Use your own experiences to illustrate your answer.

Which of the following illustrates institutional discrimination?

What country was the largest recipient of U.S. immigrant remittances in 2017?

Which of the following defines a minority group?

Which of the following would NOT be considered discrimination?

Which of the following is True about the contact hypothesis?

Which of the following is considered a form of institutional discrimination?

An African American who believes that African American culture is superior to all other cultures is guilty of ethnocentrism.

A person loudly proclaims that "all black people are lazy, shiftless, and collect welfare." This is an example of

Which of the following equations represents assimilation?

What term is used by sociologists to describe presumed biological differences between humans to which people attach meaning, resulting in the creation of supposed genetically distinct subgroups within the population?

How does the glass ceiling affect racial and ethnic minorities in the United States?

According to the "contact hypothesis," racial tensions increase when individuals from different racial groups are forced to work together on a common task.

Which of the following equations would represent pluralism?

President Trump's zero tolerance border enforcement policy resulted in the separation of immigrant children from their parents at the border.

The theory that interaction with people unlike ourselves decreases negative attitudes we may have about them is called

According to a national survey, ______ of Whites now believe that anti-White discrimination is at least as common as discrimination against Blacks and other minority groups.

Which of the following defines affirmative action?

The difference between prejudice and discrimination is the same as the difference between thought and action.

The Sociological Imagination

Sociological Research

Culture

Socialization

Social Structure and Interaction

Deviance

Families

Education and Religion

Economy and Politics

Social Class

Global Inequality

Gender and Sexuality

Population, Health, and Environment

Social Change

Filters