Deck 3: Culture, Ethnicity,race and Class

Question 1

According to Chisholm, it is important to consider both race and ethnicity because focusing only on race excludes:

A) personal achievements
B) cultural heritage
C) attributes of the sociocultural group
D) interactions between gender and culture

Answer 1

cultural heritage

Question 2

The term "Hispanic" refers to

A) People born in Mexico who emigrated to the US when they were young
B) Spanish speaking people in South America
C) People of Spanish origin of different ethnicities, races, and nationalities
D) People who emigrated to the US from Spain

Answer 2

People of Spanish origin of different ethnicities, races, and nationalities

Question 3

When conducting culturally appropriate research, the researcher must pay extra attention to all of the following, except:

A) Assuming the dominant group as the "norm"
B) Within-group differences
C) Insider's perspective
D) Inclusion of majority culture control groups

Answer 3

Inclusion of majority culture control groups

Question 4

Which model links African Americans' status in society to inherent genetic defects?

A) Minority model
B) The inferiority model
C) The cultural deprivation model
D) Biological essentialism

Question 5

Cole, Gay, Glick, and Sharp (1971) showed that:

A) Liberian adults were better at problem solving than American adults
B) Liberian Children were better at problem solving than their American counterparts
C) There were no differences in the problem solving skills between the two samples
D) Differences found between the samples changed according to the cultural appropriateness of the measures used

Question 6

An "insider's perspective" is important when conducting research because

A) Considerations are paid to strengths as well as weaknesses
B) Problems associated with bias and objectivity are resolved
C) Assumptions about the phenomenon at hand are recognized
D) All of the above

Question 7

According to Cole (1986), patriarchal oppression is only evident in

A) Women of color
B) Women of low socioeconomic
C) Women of different religions
D) All women

Question 8

___________________ is defined as the shared beliefs, values, knowledge, rituals, and way of life shared by a group of people and transmuted from generation to generation

A) Ethnicity
B) Culture
C) Race
D) Egocentrism

Question 9

Which is not an appropriate method for studying culture?

A) The meaning of the behavior in relation to its context
B) Not only looking at differences but also at commonalities
C) Understanding behavior as a function of the interaction of the person and the environment
D) analyzing cultural practices in comparison to those of other cultures

Question 10

An example of an index of gender inequality is

A) Far more women than men are illiterate
B) Far more women than men are engaged in housekeeping jobs
C) Far more men than women work for a paying job
D) Far more women than men are involved in rearing children

Question 11

An example of an index of gender abuse is

A) Genital mutilation
B) Infanticide
C) Bride burning (suttee)
D) All of the above

Question 12

In the United States, the "dominant" culture is the group which

A) Is largest in number
B) Controls the means of production and commerce
C) Has no power to give or take away livelihood
D) Has the lightest skin color

Question 13

Glazer and Moynihan (1970) propose that the "melting pot" metaphor used to describe the cultural composition of the U.S. is not accurate because

A) The Jews, Italians, and Irish of New York City tend to retain their old world heritages.
B) It excludes the contributions of ethnic minorities
C) It excludes the contribution for women
D) All of the above

Question 14

"The way we do things around here" refers to one's

A) Values
B) Culture
C) Beliefs
D) Sociopolitical truths

Question 15

According to West (1994), to the non-White person in America,________________is the most important defining factor in all aspects of life

A) Sex
B) Gender
C) Race
D) Culture

Question 16

According to the text, an important factor contributing to the assimilation or acculturation of the minority group is whether the group

A) is a voluntary or involuntary minority
B) is resistant to change
C) ethnocentric
D) consists of more women than men

Question 17

Which of the following statements concerning social class is true?

A) The higher the socioeconomic level is, the better the physical and mental health of the individual.
B) Class is affected by income, gender, race and ethnicity
C) Class is related to the degree of success in achieving an optimal quality of life
D) All of the above

Question 18

In their review of fourteen different countries, Williams and Best (1990) found that cultural variations in the actual and ideal self were:

A) Small
B) Large
C) No difference
D) Smaller for men but larger for women

Question 19

In their review of fourteen different countries, Williams and Best (1990) found that cultural variations in the ideology of gender were

A) Small
B) Large
C) No difference
D) Smaller for men but larger for women

Question 20

_________________ are more likely than___________________ to be diagnosed as having schizophrenia

A) African American patients; White patients
B) Asian American patients; Puerto Rican patients
C) African American patients; Asian American patients
D) American Indian patients; Asian American patients

Question 21

What are the implications of referring to people as African Americans or Blacks?

Question 22

List and discuss three problems that cultural psychologists cite as evidence of bias in traditional research

Question 23

List and discuss three advantages of the "insider's perspective" in the framing of research questions and the interpretation of data

Question 24

Discuss the reason for and relevance of the following statement released by feminists of color: "White middle class women do not own feminism, nor is feminism irrelevant to the emergences of women of color."

Question 25

Discuss the differences between the "minority status perspective" hypothesis and the "ethnic culture perspective" hypothesis