Chapter 8 Quiz example #21732

According to conflict theory, what is the real source of racism?

Which of the following is NOT an example of discrimination?

A person who is not prejudiced may still participate in discrimination

Which of the following is an example of a prejudice?

How do sociologists define race?

What explanation does functionalism have for prejudice and discrimination today?

The words "race" and "ethnicity" are used interchangeably because they mean essentially the same thing.

An action or behavior that results in the unequal treatment of an individual because of his membership in a racial or ethnic group is called:

Which of the following is NOT a feature of a minority group?

How do sociologists define a minority group?

The fact that there were different racial categories in the past than there are today demonstrates the social construction of race.

In many cases, people who date inter-racially face pressure from within their own racial group to date and marry within their own race

In the 1900s there was a strong prejudice against Irish immigrants and their descendants. Editorial cartoons often depicted the Irish as physically distinct and as looking as apes. What does this tell you about the history of the race in the United States?

In the early 1900s, native-born Americans, usually Protestants, did not consider Irish, Italian, or Jewish immigrants to be white. What does this illustrate?

How is prejudice different from discrimination?

The belief that all Irish are drunks is an example of:

What racial issue does functionalism help to explain?

How is institutional discrimination different from individual discrimination?

How do we decide when to display situational ethnicity?

What has modern science determined about racial categories?

A set of beliefs about the superiority of one racial or ethnic group compared to another is:

How do sociologists define ethnicity?

For a long time, the fact that immigrants from Eastern Europe, Asia, and Latin America tended to be shorter than native-born Americans was taken into evidence that there were inherent racial differences between these populations. However, the immigrants had children who grew up to be as tall as anyone else, and geneticists now tell us that, while there can be considerable variation in height within a group due to genetics, differences between groups are largely caused by diet. What does this demonstrate?