Deck 7: Social Behavior in an Ethnically Diverse Society

Question 1

What measures prejudice through an individual's comfort level with ethnic groups?

A)Social distance
B)Ethnic ease
C)Racial proximity
D)Discrimination attitude test

Answer 1

Social distance

Question 2

There are a number of benefits to living in an ethnically diverse society.Which of the following statements accurately describe these benefits?
I.The ability to approach problems from multiple angles
II.Increase in cognitive flexibility
III.Creating a strong sense of personal identity

A)I and II
B)II and III
C)I and III
D)I, II, and III

Answer 2

I, II, and III

Question 3

Juan experienced many racial slurs or ________ that were derogatory names for his ethnicity.

A)Micro-assaults
B)Micro-insults
C)Micro-invalidations
D)Micro-racism

Answer 3

Micro-assaults

Question 4

Negative subtle or brief verbal, nonverbal, or physical exchanges that are directed towards a social group are known as _______.

A)Prejudicial mannerisms
B)Racial macroaggressions
C)Racial microaggressions
D)Ethnodiscrimination

Question 5

A research participant is given two words such as "Native American" and "Good." At the same time, the participant is asked to push a button indicating that the two words are related.The researchers measure response time to gather information about the _______.

A)The participants' implicit attitudes
B)The participants' explicit attitudes
C)The participants' racial tendencies
D)The conceptual relationship between the two words

Question 6

Which of the following creates or intensifies the development of a stereotype?
I.War
II.Historical and political events
III.Advertisements

A)I and II
B)II and III
C)I and III
D)I, II, and III

Question 7

Demeaning acts towards an individual or group based on biological appearance or ethnic membership can be defined as _______.

A)Racism
B)Prejudice
C)Allocentrism
D)Individualization

Question 8

A person moving to a different cashier line because he saw an Indian person waiting is an example of ___________.

A)Racial microaggressions
B)Racism
C)Bigotry
D)Prejudice

Question 9

St.Mark's High School was surveying their student population and found that 75% of the student population was White, 10% was Asian American, 10% was African American, and 5% was Latino/a.This survey was measuring the school's ________.

A)Classroom diversity
B)Structural diversity
C)Interactional diversity
D)Population diversity

Question 10

The US Supreme Court ruling of Brown vs.Board of Education in 1954 is an example of ________ in action.

A)Contact hypothesis
B)Proximity theory
C)Intragroup contact
D)Racial stratification

Question 11

In the Steele & Aronson 1995)study, African American and European American college students were given a performance test.A "race prime condition" was used on the experimental group which decreased African American participants' performance.One of the explanations for this phenomenon was _________.

A)Prejudicial findings
B)Unethical testing
C)Stereotype threat
D)Low levels of education

Question 12

Which of the following may be effects of prejudice, stereotypes, and discrimination?

A)Low self-confidence
B)Genocide
C)Self-blame
D)All of the above

Question 13

Which of the following statements accurately reflects previous research findings on implicit attitudes?

A)Christian participants were found to hesitate slightly when associating Muslims with positive traits
B)Participants associated Muslims with authoritarianism and fundamentalism
C)Christian participants tended to report similar levels of positivity towards "out-group" members and Christians
D)Christian participants were found to quickly associate Christians with positive traits

Question 14

According to Landrine and Klonoff 1996), what percentage of African Americans reported experiencing discrimination in the 1990's?

A)Less than 10%
B)25%
C)50-60%
D)More than 95%

Question 15

Which of the following is does NOT reflect an assumption of criminality?

A)Clutching a purse when a person of color is walking by
B)Crossing the street in the presence of a person of color
C)Suspiciously watching a person of color shop in a store
D)Taxi driver who chooses to stop for a person of color

Question 16

According to the Institute of Medicine 2002), a literature review on health care disparities found that ________.

A)Stereotyping and prejudice contribute to ethnic disparities in health care
B)Attitudes towards ethnic minorities in the health care setting are diminishing
C)The ethnic health care disparity is diminishing
D)Racial biases and clinical uncertainties is a direct cause for racial disparities in health care

Question 17

In the Clark and Clark 1939)study on racial preferences, the researchers found that _______.

A)African American children tended to prefer school settings with other African Americans as the majority
B)Younger African American children preferred the Black dolls over the White dolls, whereas older African American children preferred the White dolls over the Black dolls
C)European American children preferred Black dolls the same as White dolls
D)African American children preferred White dolls more than Black dolls

Question 18

Apartheid in South Africa, legal rejection of interracial marriages, and segregating schools are all examples of ________.

A)Institutional racism
B)Prejudicial attitudes
C)Monocultural bias
D)Stereotype threat

Question 19

Which of the following statements does not accurately reflect previous findings on racial biases?

A)White participants tended to have negative stereotypes towards Latinos
B)Latino participants tended to have positive stereotypes towards Whites
C)Latino participants tended to have more positive stereotypes towards Latinos than Whites
D)White participants tended to have more positive stereotypes towards Whites than Latinos