Question 1
10 / 10 pts
(TCOs 1 & 2) The existence of a wide variety of cultures
and subcultures represented within a society is _____.
marginalization
culture
cultural diversity
culturally different
cultural diffusion
Week 1 flash cards
Question 2
10 / 10 pts
(TCOs 1 & 2) A category of people distinguished from the
dominant society on the basis of distinctive and identifiable cultural
characteristics is:
White ethnics.
race.
ethnic group.
culture.
subculture.
Week 1 Lecture and flash cards
Question 3
10 / 10 pts
(TCOs 1 & 2) Evaluating cultural differences in
relationship to one’s own cultural standards is _____.
stereotyping
marginalization
discrimination
ethnocentrism
prejudice
Week 1 Lecture
Question 4
10 / 10 pts
(TCOs 1 & 2) This category of people is comprised of
Caucasians of Northern or Western European origins, are predominantly
Protestant, and hold the majority of political and economic power:
White ethnics.
subordinate group.
Whites.
race.
ethnic group.
Week 1 flash cards
Question 5
10 / 10 pts
(TCO 8) Institutional discrimination is also called _____
discrimination.
foundational
fundamental
ordinal
primary
structured
Week 1 Lecture
Question 6
10 / 10 pts
(TCO 1) According to this week’s lesson, all of the
following are true of ethnocentrism, EXCEPT:
it is not
necessarily a bad thing.
it is part of the
social glue that holds a culture together.
it applies to race
and ethnicity but not to culture as a whole.
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prejudices arise
from an ethnocentric view of the world.
it can interfere
with our ability to communicate.
Week 1 Lecture
Question 7
10 / 10 pts
(TCO 8) Which of the following statements is TRUE regarding
majority minority group relations?
The majority group
always knows and understands more about the minority group than the minority
group does about the majority group.
The majority group
knowledge and understanding of the minority group is usually equal to the
knowledge and understanding that the minority has for the majority group.
The majority group
has the knowledge but not the understanding of the minority group.
The minority group
had the understanding but not the knowledge of the majority group.
The minority always
knows and understands more about the majority group than the majority group
does about the minority group.
Week 1 Lecture
Question 8
10 / 10 pts
(TCO 8) According to Robert Merton, an apartment manager who
believes in equal opportunity in housing, is told by the apartment owner that
if he wants to keep his job, not to rent apartments to Asians, because their
cooking bothers other tenants, would be a(n):
unprejudiced
nondiscriminator.
prejudiced
nondiscriminator.
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prejudiced
discriminator.
unprejudiced discriminator.
gender
discriminator.
Week 1 Lecture
Question 9
10 / 10 pts
(TCOs 1 & 2) Cultural diversity is defined in the
lecture as:
the demographic
breakdown of a population.
the variety of
cultural offerings in a metro region.
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the existence of a
wide variety of cultures and subcultures represented within a society.
the number of
languages spoken among a specific population.
the array of ethnic
restaurants in a given area.
Week 1 Lecture
Question 10
10 / 10 pts
(TCO 1 & 2) The basic definition of ethnic group is:
the same as it is
for race.
is outdated and has
outlived its usefulness.
a formalized
structure for an ethical group.
a category of people
distinguished from the dominant society on the basis of distinctive and
identifiable cultural characteristics.
a category of people
who distinguished the dominant society on the basis of their distinctive yet
unidentifiable cultural characteristics.
Week 1 Lecture
