Deck 1: The Study of Minorities

Question 1

Which of the following concepts best represents Aristotle's sentiment that we like those who resemble us and are engaged in the same pursuits?

A) similarity and attraction
B) identical preferences
C) opposites attract
D) group identification preference

Answer 1

similarity and attraction

Question 2

Social distance studies measure

A) how far neighbors like to have their houses apart.
B) the attitudes of college students to members of racial and ethnic groups.
C) how many immigrants are from a particular region.
D) which social groups have the most resources in society.

Answer 2

the attitudes of college students to members of racial and ethnic groups.

Question 3

Natives usually perceive strangers

A) objectively.
B) hospitably.
C) categorically.
D) indifferently.

Answer 3

categorically.

Question 4

Which of the following categories of people are most tolerant of each other?

A) young
B) college students
C) upper income
D) immigrants

Question 5

Categoric knowing is associated with

A) judgments and generalizations to classify people.
B) lack of natives' knowledge of shared realities.
C) unnoticed characteristics that influence interactions.
D) unequal resources.

Question 6

____________________refers to the movement of people out of a country while _______________________refers to the movement of people into a new country.

A) Emigration, immigration
B) Naturalization, emigration
C) Endogamy, exogamy
D) Manifest migration, latent migration

Question 7

Functionalist theory emphasizes

A) social equilibrium.
B) the social construction of reality.
C) imbalances of power.
D) daily interactions.

Question 8

Thousands of people visit the United States on tourist visas. Some remain after their visas expire. This is considered a

A) latent function of tourism.
B) manifest function of tourism.
C) latent dysfunction of tourism.
D) manifest dysfunction of tourism.

Question 9

Karl Marx believed that the elite exploited the masses and that this exploitation Created tensions and disagreements. Marx's theory is best known as

A) conflict theory.
B) functionalist theory.
C) interactionist theory.
D) feminist theory.

Question 10

Racism is an example of a/an

A) ethnicity
B) ideology
C) reference group
D) ascribed status

Question 11

A sociologist who investigates how people interpret the situations they are in is probably a(n)

A) functionalist.
B) conflict theorist.
C) interactionist.
D) feminist.

Question 12

To a sociologist, a minority group

A) is numerically smaller than the dominant group.
B) is less powerful than the dominant group.
C) is always in conflict with the dominant group.
D) refers only to racial and ethnic groups of people.

Question 13

When marrying, members of a minority group usually practice

A) endogamy.
B) exogamy.
C) polyandry.
D) polygamy

Question 14

An example of an ascribed status is a

A) writer.
B) college graduate.
C) female.
D) new immigrant.

Question 15

A category of people who share visible biological characteristics and are regarded as a single group is a(n)

A) race.
B) ethnic group.
C) social deviant.
D) status.

Question 16

Ethnicity is

A) another term for race.
B) a false and arbitrary classification of people.
C) a term used to refer to European peoples.
D) learned or acquired cultural traits shared by a people.

Question 17

Susan, a Texas cattle rancher, thinks the Japanese custom of eating raw fish is disgusting. This is an example of

A) ethnicity.
B) ethnocentrism.
C) poor taste.
D) cultural relativism.

Question 18

Juan is a young Hispanic male. He believes that Hispanic families are superior to white families. His belief is an example of which theory?

A) social referent group theory
B) ethnic preference theory
C) social identity theory
D) outgroup discrimination theory

Question 19

In American culture, such things as freedom, individualism, and equal opportunity are deemed to be highly desirable. In sociological terms these concepts are

A) mores.
B) desires.
C) norms.
D) values.

Question 20

Social identity theory helps explain

A) upward mobility.
B) ethnic antagonism.
C) ingroup favoritism.
D) immigration quotas.

Question 21

_________can be used to counterbalance Eurocentrism.

A) Afrocentrism.
B) Ethnocentrism.
C) Categoric knowing.
D) The Dillingham Flaw.

Question 22

Sociologists have shown that the study of race relations ___________objective examination.

A) embraces
B) poses challenges for
C) contains little
D) cannot include

Question 23

Ethnocentrism in any form is criticized by

A) Afrocentrists.
B) advocates of pluralism.
C) Eurocentrists.
D) immigrants and emigrants.

Question 24

Evaluating someone's beliefs and customs on the beliefs and superiority of your culture is known as ____________, while evaluating their culture based on the beliefs and values of their culture is known as _________.

A) Eurocentrism, Afrocentrism
B) cultural relativism, ethnocentrism
C) ethnocentrism, cultural relativism
D) the outgroup flaw, the Dillingham Flaw

Question 25

Studying race and ethnic relations is

A) easier than most other subjects because of our familiarity with minority issues.
B) easier than most other subjects because most people are sensitive to the problems and needs of other people.
C) more difficult than most other subjects because our values, attitudes, and experiences make our objectivity almost impossible.
D) more difficult than most other subjects because the subject cannot be studied scientifically.

Question 26

Which of the following illustrates the Dillingham Flaw?

A) emphasizing preserving one's culture at the expense of another group
B) distrust of political solutions to end discrimination
C) using a past ethnic group as a model to criticize a new ethnic group
D) assuming that a minority group is lazy or immoral

Question 27

An established ethnic group held up as a role model in contrast to a newly arrived group was probably

A) once an object of scorn and condemnation itself.
B) the beneficiary of governmental assistance.
C) large in numbers to deter criticism about their immigration.
D) quick to learn English and assimilate.

Question 28

C. Wright Mills states that an issue is a public matter when it (is)

A) affects more than 5 percent of the population.
B) less important than the welfare of the group.
C) experienced by people in power.
D) connected to the larger historical context of society.

Question 29

Many people still call the United States a great melting pot where people of all races, religions, and nationalities come to be free and to improve their lives.

Question 30

Within any society, groupings of people by race, religion, tribe, culture, or lifestyle can generate a sense of familiarity and belonging.

Question 31

According to Aristotle, we like people who resemble us and engage in the same pursuits.

Question 32

Social distance refers to how far away your relatives and friends live.

Question 33

Ingroups, by definition, always perceive outgroups as inferior.

Question 34

Sociologists use historical documents, reports, surveys, ethnographies, and direct observation to systematically gather empirical evidence about intergroup relations.

Question 35

An interactionist theory in sociology is characterized by its focus on manifest and latent functions.

Question 36

Conflict theorists ask the important question, "Who benefits?"

Question 37

Interactionists focus on the macrosocial world of personal interaction patterns in everyday life.

Question 38

Functionalists believe that society is a stable, cooperative social system that operates harmoniously.

Question 39

Discuss how perceptions of strangers affect interactions.

Question 40

Explain the primary changes in social distance results from 2001 and 2012.

Question 41

Compare and contrast Georg Simme and Alfred Schutz's view of the role of a stranger.

Question 42

Differentiate between a personal trouble and a social issue.

Question 43

Explain the Dillingham Flaw and how it affects judgment about today's immigrants.

Question 44

Explain the differences between a racial group and an ethnic group.

Question 45

Discuss and illustrate ethnocentrism as a universal human condition.

Question 46

Discuss the value of using the concepts of ingroup and outgroup in the study of majority and minority groups.

Question 47

Compare and contrast the three main sociological perspectives in studying minorities around the issue of improving society.

Question 48

Compare and contrast how the three main sociological perspectives explain minority group/dominant group problems in society.