Deck 12: Discrimination

Question 1

What are some suggestions for implementing affirmative action policies so as to reduce negative reactions?

Answer 1

no answer

Question 2

Describe the cases of Parents Involved in Community Schools v.Seattle School District No.1 and Meredith v.Jefferson Board of Education.

Answer 2

no answer

Question 3

Define modern racism.What are some examples?

Answer 3

no answer

Question 4

Describe the facts and outcome in Allan Bakke's appeal.

Question 5

What are some examples of modern sexism?

Question 6

What is reverse discrimination?

Question 7

A belief that "Blacks are getting too demanding in their push for equal rights" reflects

A)adverse impact.
B)disparate impact.
C)disparate treatment.
D)modern racism.

Question 8

If a person is homophobic and does not request a transfer when assigned a gay they are displaying

A)discrimination and prejudice.
B)discrimination,but not prejudice.
C)prejudice,but not discrimination.
D)neither prejudice,nor discrimination.

Question 9

Distinguish between disparate treatment and disparate impact.

Question 10

Distinguish between prejudice and discrimination.

Question 11

Define hate crimes.What groups are the recipients of hate crimes?

Question 12

Define race-norming.

Question 13

______ is considered by social scientists to be an attitude while ________ is considered to be a behavior.

A)Prejudice;discrimination
B)Prejudice;stereotyping
C)Discrimination;prejudice
D)Discrimination;stereotyping

Question 14

Describe two case which claimed racial discrimination in the assignment of students to special education classes.What was the outcome in each of these two cases? Why the difference?

Question 15

What five categories of persons usually serve as objects of discrimination and hence receive protection by the courts?

Question 16

Describe how social-science research methodology can be used to demonstrate discrimination.

Question 17

Define affirmative action.

Question 18

What was the outcome when four New York City police officers were charged with killing Amadou Diallo?

A)The police officers were found not guilty.
B)The police officers were found guilty of first-degree murder.
C)The officers were found guilty of second-degree murder.
D)The officers were found guilty of manslaughter.

Question 19

What is NOT true of a prejudicial attitude?

A)It is always illogical.
B)It is always negative.
C)It is always unjustified.
D)It is always toward a group as a whole.

Question 20

Describe the studies conducted by Correll and colleagues.Are police officers more biased than civilians?

Question 21

In Regents of the University of California v.Bakke,Alan Bakke was

A)a white undergraduate student denied admission to the medical school.
B)a black undergraduate student denied admission to the medical school.
C)a Hispanic undergraduate student denied admission to the medical school.
D)in charge of admissions at the medical school.

Question 22

Chapter 13 reviews two cases in which it was claimed that racial discrimination existed in the assignment of children to special education classes.What was theoutcome in these cases?

A)In both cases the judge ruled that bias did not exist against African American children.
B)In both cases the judge ruled that it had not been shown that bias existed against African American children.
C)In the California case,the judge ruled that bias had been shown,but in the Chicago case,the judge found no bias.
D)In the Chicago case,the judge ruled that bias had been shown,but in the California case,the judge found no bias.

Question 23

Based on research by Sommers and Ellsworth,as an attorney representing a black defendant,you should

A)not make race salient to white jurors.
B)make race salient to white jurors.
C)not make race salient to black jurors.
D)make race salient to black jurors.

Question 24

When an employer's practices fall more harshly on one group than another without justification,____________ may be present.

A)ambivalent impact
B)disparate treatment
C)disparate impact
D)ambivalent treatment

Question 25

The decision in the case of Griggs v.Duke Power Co.

A)required businesses to hire at least the same percentage of minority group members as there were in the community.
B)was the first to deal with employment discrimination against minority workers.
C)approved of the procedure of race-norming in setting testing standards for employment.
D)required businesses to show that applicants' requirements (such as test scores) had to be a business necessity.

Question 26

The FBI estimates that ______ hate crimes occurred in the United States in 2005.

A)70
B)700
C)7000
D)70,000

Question 27

Possession of strong negative attitudes about ________ is called homophobia.

A)humanity in general
B)gay men and lesbians
C)minority groups
D)women

Question 28

Herek concluded that which group is currently the principal target of hate crimes?

A)Recent immigrants
B)African Americans
C)Women
D)Persons with a homosexual orientation

Question 29

Hate-crime laws have been passed in about ________ states.

A)35
B)40
C)45
D)50

Question 30

_________ is more susceptible to identification through the use of a statistical analysis.

A)Disparate impact
B)Disparate treatment
C)Ambivalent impact
D)Ambivalent treatment

Question 31

What was the reason the Louisiana district attorney did not prosecute the white students who hung a noose in a tree at school in Jena?

A)He could not find any eyewitnesses.
B)He could not find a statute that covered the act.
C)The jury did not indict the suspects.
D)He could not find evidence against the suspects.

Question 32

In the two University of Michigan cases regarding affirmative action,leading businesses such as Exxon Mobil and General Motors filed briefs

A)opposing affirmative action.
B)supporting affirmative action.
C)detailing the racial make up of their companies.
D)supporting diversity training programs.

Question 33

What are the two compelling interests for the use of race in deciding admission to school?

A)To reflect the percentage of each group in the school's city and to increase tolerance of other groups
B)To remedy past intentional discrimination
C)To remedy past intentional discrimination and to achieve a diverse student body
D)To increase tolerance of other groups and to remedy past intentional discrimination

Question 34

What is true of African American students who entered elite colleges and universities?

A)They had a higher rate of graduation than their White classmates.
B)They were more active than their White classmates in civic activities.
C)They were less likely to obtain advanced degrees than their White classmates.
D)They were less likely to obtain professional degrees than their White classmates.

Question 35

A study by Correll,et al.(2007) comparing civilians to police officers in regards to shooting decisions found that

A)police officers showed more race bias than civilians.
B)police officers showed less race bias than civilians.
C)both police officers and civilians showed significant race bias.
D)neither police officers nor civilians showed significant race bias.

Question 36

Some opponents of affirmative action believe that it encourages

A)modern racism.
B)reverse discrimination.
C)psychological boundaries.
D)aversive racism.

Question 37

On what did Judge Grady,who ruled that intelligence tests were not biased,seem to largely base his judgment on?

A)The school system's item analyses
B)Expert testimony from psychologists
C)His own examination of intelligence tests
D)Previous rulings on intelligence tests from other states

Question 38

What was a key difference between Fiske's testimony for Hopkins and Baldus' Testimony in McCleskey?

A)Fiske used widely accepted statistical techniques in her research.
B)Fiske used social framework testimony.
C)The Supreme Court cited Fiske's testimony as important to their decision.
D)Fiske's testimony was more widely endorsed by psychologists.

Question 39

Which of the following is NOT an example of a type of sexism?

A)Subtle sexism
B)Blatant sexism
C)Aversive sexism
D)Covert sexism

Question 40

Using separate test score distributions for different ethnic groups is

A)affirmative action.
B)part of diversity training.
C)race-norming.
D)disparate impact.

Question 41

Approximately,how many of the known offenders of hate crimes were Black in 2005?

A)5%
B)20%
C)35%
D)50%