Question 1

Which of the following statements is true of race?

Accepted Answer

A)   It is determined biologically.
B)   It is a social construction.
C)   It labels people based on religion.
D)   It describes cultural characteristics that one learns.
E)   It is conceptually similar to ethnicity.F) None of the above
G) A) and D)

Question 2

_____ is an attitude that involves forming an opinion about people beforehand, usually in a negative way.

Accepted Answer

A)   Prejudice
B)   Acculturation
C)   Genocide
D)   Pluralism
E)   EthnocentrismF) C) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 3

Which of the following statements is true of U.S. racial and ethnic diversity?

Accepted Answer

A)   The number of persons who identify themselves as being of two or more races is projected to decrease.
B)   The foreign-born population in the United States is expected to shrink by 2050.
C)   By 2025, more than 70 percent of the U.S. population is projected to be white.
D)   By 2044, Latino and Asian populations are expected to double in size.
E)   The United States is the least multicultural country in the world.F) All of the above
G) A) and E)

Question 4

Conflict theorists state that economic inequality eliminates racial-ethnic inequality.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

In the United States, Puerto Ricans, Chinese, Serbs, Arabs, Swedes, and Hungarians are some examples of _____.

Accepted Answer

A)   fusion groups
B)   ethnic groups
C)   majority groups
D)   dysphoric groups
E)   dominant groupsF) B) and E)
G) B) and C)

Question 6

A weakness of the symbolic interactionist view of racial-ethnic relations is that it does not clearly explain why labeling, selective perception, and racial bias are more common among some people than others, especially when they are similar on a number of variables such as social class and gender.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Which of the following statements best defines discrimination?

Accepted Answer

A)   It is the process of maintaining many aspects of one's original culture while living peacefully with the host culture.
B)   It is the process of adopting the language, values, and beliefs of the host culture.
C)   It is a set of beliefs that one's own racial group is inherently superior to other groups.
D)   It is behavior that treats people unequally or unfairly because of their group membership.
E)   It is the systematic effort to kill all members of a particular ethnic, religious, political, racial, or national group.F) D) and E)
G) A) and E)

Exam 10: Race and Ethnicity

Which of the following statements is true of U.S. racial and ethnic diversity?

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_____ is an attitude that involves forming an opinion about people beforehand, usually in a negative way.

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Which of the following statements best defines discrimination?

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Conflict theorists state that economic inequality eliminates racial-ethnic inequality.

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In the United States, Puerto Ricans, Chinese, Serbs, Arabs, Swedes, and Hungarians are some examples of _____.

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A weakness of the symbolic interactionist view of racial-ethnic relations is that it does not clearly explain why labeling, selective perception, and racial bias are more common among some people than others, especially when they are similar on a number of variables such as social class and gender.

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Which of the following statements is true of race?

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Exam 10: Race and Ethnicity

Which of the following statements is true of U.S. racial and ethnic diversity?

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_____ is an attitude that involves forming an opinion about people beforehand, usually in a negative way.

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Which of the following statements best defines discrimination?

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Conflict theorists state that economic inequality eliminates racial-ethnic inequality.

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In the United States, Puerto Ricans, Chinese, Serbs, Arabs, Swedes, and Hungarians are some examples of _____.

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A weakness of the symbolic interactionist view of racial-ethnic relations is that it does not clearly explain why labeling, selective perception, and racial bias are more common among some people than others, especially when they are similar on a number of variables such as social class and gender.

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Which of the following statements is true of race?

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