Question 1

What does the term "adult-centric" mean?

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A)  Adults interpret children's activities in comparison to adult conceptions of what children should be doing. 
B)  Adults interpret children's activities based on what children are actually doing. 
C)  Adults interpret children's activities based on how children interpret their own behavior. 
D)  Adults and children interpret the children's behavior together.

Question 2

Describe the historical trends and current data on racial residential segregation in the U.S.

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Question 3

Which term describes the measurement of segregation that is the proportion of one group that would need to change subunits to achieve perfect integration within the larger area?

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A)  Exposure 
B)  Dissimilarity 
C)  Disparity 
D)  Isolation

Question 4

Discuss what the policy of "Mexicanize the Indian" means. Can you think of similar processes that occurred in the U.S.?

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Question 5

In their research on diverse religious organizations, Christerson and Emerson find that the costs of diversity are born disproportionately by which group?

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A)  Majority members 
B)  Non-majority members 
C)  All leaders 
D)  None of the above

Question 6

Recent discussions of housing discrimination trends have pointed to the possibility that discrimination may be a "moving target" and that old exclusionary practices have become too recognizable. Why might this be? What factors might contribute to these changes?

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Question 7

Piaget's theories of cognitive development emphasize which of the following?

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A)  Children's systems of thought are fundamentally the same as those of adults. 
B)  Children's systems of thought are fundamentally different from those of adults. 
C)  Children are capable of understanding information in the same way as adults. 
D)  Children can understand information that is not developmentally appropriate if it is delivered carefully enough.

Question 8

In the past three decades the adult correctional population in the U.S. has followed which trend?

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A)  Increased slightly 
B)  Increased dramatically 
C)  Decreased 
D)  Remained the same

Question 9

Why do you think it is so challenging for researchers to study neighborhood preferences? In what ways do you think Lewis, Emerson, and Klineberg's study addresses these challenges? In what ways does their study still leave unanswered questions?

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Question 10

Discuss how the context of the city of Houston mattered to the research conducted by Lewis, Emerson, and Klineberg. Choose another city and discuss how the context of that city would compare to Houston. How might the results of a research study conducted in that city differ from the results of the research in Houston?

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Question 11

Chiteji argues that scholars should use which measure to better understand the impact of family resources on children's life chances?

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A)  Parental income 
B)  Grandparent income 
C)  Grandparent wealth 
D)  Parental debt

Question 12

Describe the ways in which artists and intellectuals attempted to make the vision of a unified, mestizo-based society in Mexico a reality during the 1940s and early 1950s. What were the results of these efforts?

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Question 13

Describe how housing audit studies are uniquely positioned to study the role of discrimination in continuing racial residential segregation. What have we learned from these studies? What are these studies not able to tell us?

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Question 14

Jiménez and Horowitz find that stereotypes assigned to Cupertino whites closely align with stereotypes about ethnoracial minorities in other settings. Why is this? What can we learn about how social norms about academic achievement operate through this study?

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Question 15

Which term describes U.S.-born individuals of U.S.-born parents?

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A)  First-plus generation 
B)  Second-plus generation 
C)  Third-plus generation 
D)  Fourth-plus generation

Question 16

Think of a volunteer or religious organization that you have been or are currently connected to, and describe the demographics of that organization. Is that something you've ever thought about before? Why or why not?

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Question 17

Bonilla-Silva predicts multiple consequences for race relations in the U.S. if the tri-racial stratification system takes hold. Which of the following is NOT one of these predicted consequences?

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A)  Racial politics will change dramatically. 
B)  The ideology of colorblindness will disappear. 
C)  Colorism may become a more important factor as a way of making social distinctions among blacks. 
D)  There will be a reshuffling of all racial identities.

Question 18

Explain what Bonilla-Silva means by the emerging tri-racial stratification system in the U.S. In your answer describe the three categories, discuss the historical context of the emergence of these categories, and describe the implications of this system.

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Question 19

In their research on diverse religious organizations, Christerson and Emerson find that the social ties of members atypical of the dominant ethnic group follow which pattern?

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A)  Closer ties to people outside the church than inside 
B)  Closer ties to people inside the church than outside 
C)  No difference between ties to people inside and outside 
D)  None of the above

Question 20

Research on neighborhood preferences addresses the question "to what extent are 'racial' preferences actually a measure of racial as opposed to class preferences?" What other social dynamics aside from neighborhood preferences might be impacted by the connection between race and class?

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Exam 3: Today: Remaking Race and Ethnicity