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Social Issues (MCX)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Discrimination deals with one's actions, while prejudice deals with one's attitude. | true |
| Race is biological, while ethnicity is cultural | true |
| According to the text, government racial and ethnic classification have been used exclusively for the purpose of gathering data for the U.S. census | false |
| All people have prejudices whether or not they acknowledge them. | true |
| Contemporary class perspectives suggest that the split-labor market benefits workers because it encourages unionization and solidarity among workers from diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds. | false |
| Stereotypes are generalizations about groups in society that are based in social facts ans scientifically established. | false |
| Racial separation and inequality enforced by custom is | de jure segregation |
| Racial separation and inequality enforced by custom is de jure segregation | false |
| Subordinate groups need not necessarily be a numerical minority | true |
| The U.S.'S earliest policies to maintain racial and ethnic order and stability were functionalist in nature. | true |
| Actions or practices of dominant group members that have a harmful impact on members of subordinate groups are refereed to as | discrimination |
| Which of the following groups is an example of an ethnic group | Italian Americans |
| According to to the text, official racial and ethnic categories | were used in the past to rationalize the enslavement of Africans |
| Teaching school children that their own school and country are the best is an example of | ethnocentrism |
| Racism in the United Sates is sometimes referred to as | white racism |
| Prejudice and discriminatory behavior directed at Jews is called | anti-semitism |
| A mindset characterized by excessive conformity, submissiveness to authority, intolerance, insecurity, a high level of superstition, and rigid, stereotypic thinking is called an | authoritarian personality |
| The process whereby the cultural attributes of diverse racial-ethnic groups are blended together to form a new society incorporating the unique contributions of each group is referred to as | amalgamation |
| Which theorist explain racial and ethnic inequality in terms of economic stratification and access to power | conflict theorist |
| According to the gendered racism perspective | women of color have been uniquely affected by the interactive effect of racism ans sexism |
| Which of the following statements is correct regarding the theory of racial formation? | racial bias and discrimination are rooted in government actions such as the passage of welfare reform measures that have resulted in the unequal treatment of people of color |
| In regard to migration to the United States | Mexicans have been allowed to the United States whenever there has been a need for agricultural workers |
| The first Asians to arrive in the United States in sizable numbers were from | China |
| The "Jim Crow" laws designed to enforce the physical and social separation of African Americans from whites in all areas of public life after 1863 were examples of | de segregation laws |
| The largest subordinate racial-ethnic group in the U.S. is | Hispanic Americans |
| Which of the following groups suffered interment in U.S.concentration camps during World War II? | Japanese Americans |
| Which of the following groups has suffered the most discrimination as a result of the immigration reform and control act (IRCA) OF 1986 | Hispanic Americans |
| Which of the following would assert that discriminated-against individuals and groups are at least partly responsible for their own subordination because of decisions they make along the way? | Functionalist theorist |
| Which of the following would view families, schools and churches as being key institutions that should encourage minority acceptance of dominant U.S. cultural patterns? | functionalist theorist |
| Which of the following emphasize that solutions to the problem of inequality will be found only through government programs that specifically attack racial inequality and actively reduce patterns of discrimination | conflict theorist |
| which of the following purport that prejudice and discrimination are learned and can be unlearned | Symbolic interactionist theory |
| Which of the following statements most accurately describes the functionalist perspective on racial and ethnic problems | racial and ethnic discord must be eliminated or contained because they destabilize the society |
| Conflict perspectives on racial and ethnic inequality are based on the assumption that | economic stratification and unequal access to power place minority group members at a distinct disadvantage as compared to dominant group members |
| Which of the following statements most accurately describes the distinction between racial groups and ethnic groups | Members of the same racial group may be made up of members of many different racial groups |
| State-sanctioned patriotic acts and rituals are examples of | institutionalized discrimination |
| The U.S. has been compared to a salad bowl, one dish made up of individual ingredients, in order to explain a contemporary society where different cultures blend yet still retain their essential uniqueness. Which of the following does this define.. | ethnic pluralism |
| Functionalist, conflict theorist, and symbolic interactionists would all agree that | The U.S. population is becoming increasingly diverse at a rapid rate |
| U.S. census data predicts that by 2050, Hispanics will make up which percentage of the population? | 25% |
| Which of the following quotes is an example of ethnocentrism | "I'm most comfortable in my own culture, but I don't have a problem with anyone else's" |
| Which of the following is an example of institutional discrimination | A real estate agency has an unwritten policy that its agents are to show African Americans, and other people of color only those houses that are for sale in minority neighborhoods, so the agency will not loose repeat business from its affluent whites |
| Women are sometimes referred to as a minority in the United States because | they do not possess as much wealth, power, prestige or power as men |
| Sociologist refer to the rights, responsibilities, expectations, and relationships of women and men as | gender roles |
| Sociologist who use a gender role approach to explain gender inequality focus primarily on | how the socialization process contributes to male dominance and female subordination |
| According to the text, parents' selection of toys for their children | helps to develop different types of skills and can encourage children to participate in gender-typed activities |
| Which of the following statements describes gender socialization in the United States? | Male peer groups place more pressure on boys to do masculine things than female peer groups place on girls to do feminine things |
| Which of the following prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in any educational program or activity receiving financial assistance from the U.S. government? | IX (9) |
| Which of the following statements is true regarding media and gender socialization? | female characters who are supervisors or bosses are often portrayed as loud, bossy, and domineering on television and in time |
| Which of the following refers to the power to discriminate at the organizational level based on one's sex? | Institutional sexism |
| Which percentage of women is in the labor force today? | 59% |
| Sociologist refer to the extent to which men and women are concentrated in different occupations and places of work as | gender-segregated work |
| According to the text, clerical workers, food service workers, and medical assistants are employed in | pink collar occupations |
| Sociologist examining problems associated with linguistic sexism are using which perspective? | symbolic interactionist |
| Which of the following describes the conflict perspective to gender inequality? | Capitalism and private ownership of the means of production are primary causes of economic and social inequalities between women and men in contemporary industrial societies |
| Which of the following statements would a liberal feminist agree with? | Gender inequality is rooted in gender role socialization, which perpetuates women's lack of equal rights and educational opportunities |
| Which of the following ratios is most accurate in describing the gender imbalance concerning births in China? | 120 boys are born for every 100 girls |
| Around the globe, women's problems are further exacerbated by poor medical facilities and health crises such as | HIV/AIDS |
| Which of the following theorist focu on micro-level process in reducing or eliminating gender inequality? | Symbolic interactionist |
| Which of the following theorist assert that there is not an all encompassing gender "problem" concering inequality? | Functionalists |
| Which of the following theorist use a Marxist approach to explain gender inequality? | Conflict theorist |
| Which of the following theorist propose strengthening social institutions to combat gender inequality | Functionalist |
| Which of the following theorist advocate changing the process of socialization in order to reduce gender inequality | symbolic interactionist |
| The view that males should be more direct than women is a difference based on | gender |
| The social basis for dressing baby girls in pink and treating them more gently and cautiously than boys is | Gender belief system |
| Which of the following statement describes the "reverse sexism" that occurs in today's classrooms? | Girls success in education are coming at the expense of boys success |
| Why do employers advocate contingent employees? | because these employers are concerned about keeping cost low |
| Adjunct instructors, who do not receive benefits or full time status at their respective institutions, are examples of | Contingent workers |
| Which percentage of employed mothers are the sole bread winners for their families | 75% |
| According to functionalist analyst, one of the primary causes of gender inequality is.. | the gendered division of labor in families |
| Mary works for a temporary employment agency as a clerical assistant. She earns minimum wage and the temp agency will offer medical ben. when she works full-time for 6 months consec. which is difficult to do | dead end job |
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