Seeing Sociology An Introduction 3rd Edition Ferrante

Seeing Sociology An Introduction 3rd Edition Ferrante

Multiple Choice

1. Race cannot be a biological fact. This conclusion is supported by which one of the following statements?
2. Parents considered different racial categories can produce offspring.
3. We are all God’s children.
4. People can now choose the race with which they identify.
5. There are simply too many “races” to keep track of.

ANSWER: a

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2. The fact that there are no sharp dividing lines specifying the physical boundaries that distinguish one race from another suggests that race is
3. a biological fact.
4. inherited.
5. an illusion.
6. of no social consequence.

ANSWER: c

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3. The meaning of race varies by time and place. In Brazil almost everyone thinks of themselves as multiracial. Americans, on the other hand, think of race in categorical terms and apply the label “biracial” or “multiracial” only to those who appear “almost white.” These differences suggest that
4. biracial should be a racial category.
5. race is of no social consequence.
6. the meaning of race varies by time and place.
7. people need more racial choices.

ANSWER: c

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4. Under the U.S. system of racial classification, people with ancestors from Kazakhstan and Vietnam are expected to identify themselves as
5. Asian.
6. Native American.
7. black.
8. white.

ANSWER: a

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5. According to racial formation theory, for race to exist in its present form, people
6. should have no trouble identifying with one of six categories.
7. must learn to see race.
8. should resist racial classification.
9. must be free to choose the racial category to which they belong.

ANSWER: b

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6. __________ is defined as ideas people hold in common about race that are believed to be so obvious that their validity need not be questioned.
7. Racial formation
8. Racial common sense
9. Racial illusion
10. Racism

ANSWER: b

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7. Jen assumes an Asian-appearing person is a recent immigrant to the U.S. This line of thinking represents an example of
8. racial common sense.
9. race as an illusion.
10. racial discrimination.
11. racial formation.

ANSWER: a

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8. People classified as “black” fall along a continuum of skin shades. Still many Americans do not question why so many shades of skin qualify someone as “just black.” In doing so people
9. make race seem like a logical way to divide humanity.
10. treat skin color as irrelevant.
11. reject the U.S. system of racial classification.
12. reify race.

ANSWER: d

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9. Once racial labels and categories are in place it is easy to reify them. Reify means to
10. reject them as meaningless.
11. treat them as irrelevant.
12. forget that they were made up.
13. see them as flawed but useful.

ANSWER: c

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10. In the U.S., Fijians are considered to belong to the racial category
11. Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders.
12. white.
13. Asian.
14. black.

ANSWER: a

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11. Abby appears Asian; specifically she was born in India to an “Irish” mother and “Indian” father. Abby never mentions her Irish heritage to anyone. Abby is engaging in
12. racial purification.
13. ethnicization.
14. selective forgetting.
15. rationalization.

ANSWER: c

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12. Sean appears “black.” However, his great-grandmother was of Italian ethnicity. He dismisses that ethnic connection because he believes no one sees him as Italian. Sean is engaged in
13. racial purification.
14. ethnicization.
15. selective forgetting.
16. rationalization.

ANSWER: c

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13. In the United States Hispanic and non-Hispanic are the two official __________ categories.
14. racial
15. ethnic
16. ancestry
17. common sense

ANSWER: b

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14. Americans classified in racial terms as black are expected to identify as simply “black” or as of African descent, even if they know they have ancestors of specific African and other ethnicities. This practice reinforces
15. racial purification.
16. ethnic renewal.
17. selective forgetting.
18. rationalization.

ANSWER: c

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15. __________ includes the process by which people take it upon themselves to learn about, and claim an ethnic heritage.
16. Racial purification
17. Ethnic renewal
18. Selective forgetting
19. Rationalization

ANSWER: b

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16. Mary who appears “white” finds it difficult to claim her Kenyan ethnicity. This decision is part of a process known as
17. racial purification.
18. ethnic renewal.
19. selective forgetting.
20. rationalization.

ANSWER: c

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17. “The whole conception of ethnic groups is so complex and so vague that it might be good to abandon it all together.” These words of advice are from which one of the following sociologists?
18. Max Weber
19. Karl Marx
20. Erving Goffman
21. W.E.B. DuBois

ANSWER: a

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18. __________ constitute what sociologist Ashley Doane terms a dominant ethnic group in the United States.
19. African Americans
20. European Americans
21. Hispanic Americans
22. Asian Americans

ANSWER: b

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19. A “hidden ethnicity” is a term sociologist Ashley Doane applies to those who are counted as part of
20. the non Hispanic category.
21. a dominant ethnic group.
22. an involuntary minority.
23. those considered non white.

ANSWER: b

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20. The normalization of a dominant ethnic culture promotes the belief that those in the dominant ethnicity are
21. deliberately hiding their ethnicity.
22. cultureless.
23. seeking special treatment.
24. politically incorrect.

ANSWER: b

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21. Which one of the following is not one of the six official racial categories in the United States?
22. white
23. Hispanic
24. Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander
25. American Indian or Alaskan Native

ANSWER: b

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22. For which one of the following official racial categories does the U.S. definition omit the words original peoples?
23. American Indian
24. Asian
25. black or African-American
26. white

ANSWER: c

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23. According to the U.S. system of racial classification, people of Middle Eastern and Arab ancestries are classified as
24. Asian.
25. black.
26. white.
27. other.

ANSWER: c

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24. The __________ census was the first census in U.S. history that allowed people to claim more than one official racial category.
25. 1960
26. 1970
27. 1990
28. 2000

ANSWER: d

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25. Historically Brazil has conceptualized race as
26. categorical.
27. a continuum of color.
28. consisting of clear-cut categories.
29. biologically-based.

ANSWER: b

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26. Most Brazilians see themselves as
27. white.
28. black.
29. multiracial.
30. biracial.

ANSWER: c

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27. Brazil’s system of racial classification is undergoing change–moving to a categorical system after supporting multiracial identities for hundreds of years. The change is an attempt to
28. acknowledge and remedy discrimination against those with the darkest skin shades.
29. be more like the United States.
30. become more modern.
31. fit in with the racial classification system of most South American countries.

ANSWER: a

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28. Under the new racial policy in Brazil, applicants who apply to public universities must apply as
29. one of two racial categories – Negro or Blanco.
30. one of six distinct categories.
31. one of 63 categories.
32. multiracial.

ANSWER: a

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29. Brazilian public universities have instituted affirmative action policies that now require applicants to identify with one of two racial categories—white or black (“Negro”). This system of racial classification is being pushed by
30. the Brazilian government.
31. the United States government.
32. those in Brazil’s black consciousness movement.
33. the countries that make up South America.

ANSWER: c

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30. When given the chance to identify with more than one race, __________ percent of U.S. residents do so.
31. less than five
32. 15
33. 20
34. 30

ANSWER: a

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31. On the 2000 census, for the first time in the history of the United States, people
32. had to choose to belong to a single racial category.
33. of mixed racial heritage had to choose the race of their father as their own race.
34. could identify themselves as belonging to more than one official racial category.
35. could refuse to identify their race.

ANSWER: c

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32. In the United States, the official definition of Hispanic
33. considers the complex history and intermixing of people in Latin America.
34. acknowledges the diversity of people who are considered Hispanic.
35. divides the U.S. population into two ethnic categories: Hispanic and non-Hispanic.
36. considers Hispanics as one of six official racial categories.

ANSWER: c

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33. In the United States, the Census Bureau classifies everyone as belonging to one of __________ official ethnic categories.
34. two
35. three
36. four
37. six

ANSWER: a

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34. In the United States, “a person of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, or Central or South American culture or origin” is known as
35. a conquistador.
36. a Pacific Islander.
37. Hispanic or Latino.
38. non-white.

ANSWER: c

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35. When the U.S. government lumped all who come from Central and South American countries as one broad category called Hispanic it created what sociologists call a __________ category.
36. raceless
37. dominant
38. panethnic
39. racial

ANSWER: c

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36. The label Hispanic is confusing to “Hispanics” because it forces them to identify with conquistadors and settlers from
37. Britain.
38. Brazil.
39. Spain.
40. Portugal.

ANSWER: c

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37. Which one of the following statements about minority status is false?
38. A minority may be the numerical majority in a society.
39. Minorities do not enjoy the freedom or the privilege to move within the society in the same way that members of the dominant group do.
40. People that belong to a minority group are treated as a category, not as individuals.
41. Minority status is a sociological term that applies exclusively to racial and ethnic groups.

ANSWER: d

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38. Which one of the following groups has the best chance of living a long life in the United States?
39. black males
40. white women
41. white men
42. Asian females

ANSWER: d

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39. Which one of the following groups has the greatest likelihood of going to prison?
40. black males
41. Asian males
42. Native American males
43. white males

ANSWER: a

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40. “When I use checks, credit cards, or cash, I can count on my skin color not to work against the appearance that I am financially reliable.” This statement illustrates an example of
41. privileges that members of dominant groups enjoy and take for granted.
42. privileges that members of dominant groups have earned through hard work.
43. assimilation.
44. puralism.

ANSWER: a

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41. People who use biological factors to justify inequalities between racial and ethnic embrace __________ groups.
42. integration
43. segregation
44. racism
45. assimilation

ANSWER: c

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42. Modern racism emerged as a way to justify
43. the technological superiority of Europe.
44. natural and innate inequalities.
45. obvious racial differences.
46. European exploitation of nonwhite peoples and their resources.

ANSWER: d

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43. People who hold racist beliefs tend to
44. accent challenges to those beliefs.
45. see the flawed logic upon which their beliefs are grounded.
46. locate the cause of inequalities in physical traits such as hair textures.
47. subject those beliefs to scrutiny.

ANSWER: c

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44. __________ helped to justify exploitation of nonwhite peoples and their resources by pointing to the superiority of the white race.
45. Colonization
46. Racial formation theory
47. Scientific racism
48. Social constructionist perspectives

ANSWER: c

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45. Which one of the following theories is the sociological explanation for why black male athletes dominate the sport of basketball?
46. The black male athlete’s ability can be traced to the fact that slave owners bred their ancestors to be strong.
47. The black male athlete has an extra muscle in his leg.
48. Blacks are just better athletes, plain and simple.
49. Black athletes’ energy is channeled toward money­making sports, such as basketball.

ANSWER: d

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46. When evaluating the black athlete’s dominance of sports such as basketball, sociologists consider
47. what psychological differences account for that dominance.
48. that sports like basketball demand the greatest physical talent.
49. the black athlete’s superior strength and reflexes.
50. social factors that make it appear as if the black athlete is superior.

ANSWER: d

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47. People experience their prejudices as facts supported by their own observations. In other words prejudices are supported by
48. institutional racism.
49. hate crimes.
50. racism.
51. selective perception.

ANSWER: d

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48. Bill notes that black athletes dominate the sport of basketball and uses that fact as proof that blacks are naturally good leapers. At the same time, he does not use the same kind of logic to explain why white athletes dominate gymnastics or snowboarding. Bill is guilty of
49. selective perception.
50. assimilation.
51. institutionalized discrimination.
52. non-prejudiced discrimination.

ANSWER: a

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49. Based on her observations of the relatively small number of white men who play professional basketball, Stella argues that white men can’t jump. This belief is derived from which one of the following processes?
50. selective perception
51. assimilation
52. institutionalized discrimination
53. non-prejudiced discrimination

ANSWER: a

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50. The distinction between prejudice and discrimination is that
51. prejudice is a behavior, and discrimination is an attitude.
52. prejudice is an attitude, and discrimination is a behavior.
53. prejudice is an ideology, and discrimination is an attitude.
54. prejudice is an attitude, and discrimination is an ideology.

ANSWER: b

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51. When prejudiced people encounter a minority person that contradicts stereotypes,
52. they come to see the group in a new light.
53. that stereotype is abandoned.
54. they see that person as an “exception to the rule.”
55. they fail to notice that the person is different from the stereotype.

ANSWER: c

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52. Merton’s nickname for prejudiced nondiscriminators is
53. all-weather liberals.
54. fair-weather liberals.
55. timid bigots.
56. active bigots.

ANSWER: c

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53. Mary’s supervisor tells her that the only way to prevent theft is to follow Hispanic/Latino customers as they shop. Mary complies because she does not want to lose her job. Mary is a
54. nonprejudiced nondiscriminator.
55. nonprejudiced discriminator.
56. prejudiced nondiscriminator.
57. prejudiced discriminator.

ANSWER: b

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54. Crack and powder cocaine have the same physiological and psychotropic effects but are handled very differently for sentencing purposes. On average, prison sentences for crack offenses are three to six times longer than those for offenses involving equal amounts of powder. Most defendants convicted of crack offenses in federal court are black, whereas most convicted of powder cocaine offense are white. This situation is an example of
55. covert discrimination.
56. corporate discrimination.
57. normative discrimination.
58. institutionalized discrimination.

ANSWER: d

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55. Redlining is an example of an __________ practice that discriminates.
56. overt
57. last resort
58. recent
59. institutionalized

ANSWER: d

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56. A person must acknowledge they live a racially __________ life when all of his/her important and meaningful primary relationships (dating, play, school, fraternity groups) are confined largely to people of the same racial and ethnic groups.
57. assimilated
58. balanced
59. segregated
60. integrated

ANSWER: c

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57. Jim Crow laws that enforced racial segregation in the U.S. from 1880-1964 represent an example of
58. de jure segregation.
59. de facto segregation.
60. integration.
61. assimilation.

ANSWER: a

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58. While there are no laws enforcing racial segregation in the U.S., we still find churches and schools that are segregated. This fact represents the power of
59. de jure segregation.
60. de facto segregation.
61. integration.
62. redlining.

ANSWER: b

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59. __________ is the process by which a dominant group uses force and intimidation to physically remove people of a targeted racial or ethnic group.
60. De facto segregation
61. Ethnic cleansing
62. De jure segregation
63. Redlining

ANSWER: b

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60. Schools established in the mid­to­late 1800s to “socialize” Native Americans represent an example of __________ that is forced.
61. integration
62. pluralism
63. melting pot assimilation
64. absorption assimilation

ANSWER: d

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61. The before­and­after photos taken of Native Americans upon entering and “graduating” from the Carlisle Boarding School represent attempts to achieve
62. virtual integration.
63. pluralism.
64. absorption assimilation.
65. melting pot assimilation.

ANSWER: c

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62. In a pluralist society
63. different racial and ethnic groups coexist in harmony.
64. integration has been seamlessly achieved.
65. cultural differences are not tolerated.
66. one racial group is considered the standard.

ANSWER: a

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63. __________ gives whites the sensation of having meaningful repeated contact with other racial groups without actually doing so.
64. Pluralism
65. Virtual integration
66. Segregation
67. De jure integration

ANSWER: b

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64. When people celebrate the entry of a minority into social circles previously closed off to them, they are celebrating the first step toward
65. segregation.
66. integration.
67. pluralism.
68. virtual integration.

ANSWER: b

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65. Lola points to the seemingly balanced representation of various racial groups in some advertisements as evidence of integration in the larger society. Lola is really noticing
66. de facto integration.
67. de jure integration.
68. virtual integration.
69. assimilation.

ANSWER: c

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66. In the U.S., the most “celebrated group” is
67. the Native American.
68. the involuntary immigrant.
69. the voluntary immigrant.
70. the undocumented worker.

ANSWER: c

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67. The Civil Rights Movement was a response to
68. the Klu Klux Klan.
69. state-sanctioned systems of discrimination.
70. individuals who were racist.
71. forced integration.

ANSWER: b

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68. The Selma-to-Montgomery March was an especially significant event for the Civil Rights Movement because
69. it was the first televised event of the activist movement.
70. significant percentages of whites marched.
71. law enforcement was on the side of the activists.
72. it was the first time blacks organized to affect change.

ANSWER: a

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: 312

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: SSOC.FERR.15.01 – comprehensive

TOPICS: Mod 8.7

NOTES: Pickup

69. The U.S. system of racial classification reinforces difference and competing interests. This statement is inspired by which sociological perspective?
70. functionalist
71. conflict
72. symbolic interaction
73. feminism

ANSWER: b

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: 314

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: SSOC.FERR.15.02 – applied

TOPICS: Mod 8.8

NOTES: New

70. A __________ argues that a system of racial classification gives people the words to think about self and others.
71. functionalist
72. conflict theorist
73. symbolic interactionist
74. feminist

ANSWER: c

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: 315

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: SSOC.FERR.15.02 – applied

TOPICS: Mod 8.8

NOTES: New

71. The __________ perspective maintains that racial classification is used to divide nonwhite peoples into competing racial categories, thereby diluting their numbers and power in society.
72. functionalist
73. conflict
74. symbolic interactionist
75. feminist

ANSWER: b

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: 314

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: SSOC.FERR.15.01 – comprehensive

TOPICS: Mod 8.8

NOTES: Pickup

72. “Asking Americans to declare their race is an exercise that reinforces the six category racial reality.” This statement is something a sociologist using the __________ perspective might argue.
73. functionalist
74. conflict
75. symbolic interactionist
76. feminist

ANSWER: a

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: 314

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: SSOC.FERR.15.02 – applied

TOPICS: Mod 8.8

NOTES: New

73. When assessing the U.S. system of racial classification, a conflict theorist is most likely to ask:
74. “How does the system affect gender relations?”
75. “How does the system work to create boundaries and divisions?”
76. “How does race shape the interaction process?”
77. “What are biological factors that make race a reality?”

ANSWER: b

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: 314

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: SSOC.FERR.15.02 – applied

TOPICS: Mod 8.8

NOTES: New

74. During slavery in the U.S. many slaves were offspring of master and slaves and even appeared white. According to Omi and Wanant, this version of history challenges
75. white privilege.
76. the concept of selective forgetting.
77. racial common sense.
78. the existence of discrimination.

ANSWER: c

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: 279

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: SSOC.FERR.15.02 – applied

TOPICS: Mod 8.1

NOTES: New

75. In taking a long view of American history, we know that peoples of African ethnicities produced offspring with people of Native Americans ethnicities. Yet it is rare to hear someone claim Igbo-Seminole ethnicity. This suggests a pattern of
76. segregation.
77. ethnic renewal.
78. selective forgetting.
79. involuntary migration.

ANSWER: c

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: 282

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: SSOC.FERR.15.02 – applied

TOPICS: Mod 8.2

NOTES: New

76. It is not unusual for Korea­born or China­born children raised in white families to identify as “white” and then to later search for and celebrate their Korean or Chinese roots. This shift is an example of
77. selective forgetting.
78. involuntary ethnicity
79. segregation.
80. ethnic renewal.

ANSWER: d

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: 283

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: SSOC.FERR.15.02 – applied

TOPICS: Mod 8.2

NOTES: New

77. __________ discrimination is the most difficult to identity and rectify because the discrimination results from following standard operating procedures.
78. Selective
79. Individual
80. Institutionalized
81. Overt

ANSWER: c

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: 304

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: SSOC.FERR.15.01 – comprehensive

TOPICS: Mod 8.6

NOTES: New

True / False

78. Under the U.S. system of racial classification, parents and their biological children can belong to different races.
79. True
80. False

ANSWER: True

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: 276

TOPICS: Mod 8.1

NOTES: Pickup

79. The race we have assigned President Barack Obama requires we forget his mother’s race.
80. True
81. False

ANSWER: True

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: 276

TOPICS: Mod 8.1

NOTES: Pickup

80. To reify racial categories means to treat them as real and to forget that they are made up.
81. True
82. False

ANSWER: True

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: 279

TOPICS: Mod 8.1

NOTES: Pickup

81. In the United States Fijians are officially considered “black.”
82. True
83. False

ANSWER: False

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: 281

TOPICS: Mod 8.2

NOTES: New

82. Selective forgetting involves forgetting, dismissing, or failing to acknowledge a connection to one or more “known” ethnicities.
83. True
84. False

ANSWER: True

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: 282

TOPICS: Mod 8.2

NOTES: Pickup

83. When someone discovers a “lost” ethnic identity they have engaged in a process known as ethnic renewal.
84. True
85. False

ANSWER: True

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: 283

TOPICS: Mod 8.2

NOTES: Pickup

84. The dominant ethnic group is the most advantaged ethnic group in a society.
85. True
86. False

ANSWER: True

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: 293

TOPICS: Mod 8.2

NOTES: Pickup

85. Everyone who is part of a dominant ethnic group holds an advantaged social and economic status.
86. True
87. False

ANSWER: False

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: 283

TOPICS: Mod 8.2

NOTES: New

86. According to the U.S. system of racial classification, Dora the Explorer would be considered Hispanic.
87. True
88. False

ANSWER: False

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: 288

TOPICS: Mod 8.3

NOTES: Pickup

87. The U.S. government defines “black or African American” as a person having origins in any of the original peoples of Africa.
88. True
89. False

ANSWER: False

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: 289

TOPICS: Mod 8.3

NOTES: Pickup

88. Brazil’s system of racial classification is categorical.
89. True
90. False

ANSWER: False

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: 290

TOPICS: Mod 8.3

NOTES: New

89. In the U.S. “White­Black­Asian” is now considered one of 57 multiple race categories.
90. True
91. False

ANSWER: True

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: 291

TOPICS: Mod 8.3

NOTES: Pickup

90. Hispanic is a pan-ethnic category.
91. True
92. False

ANSWER: True

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: 286

TOPICS: Mod 8.2

NOTES: Pickup

91. Minority groups, by definition, are systematically excluded from full participation in society.
92. True
93. False

ANSWER: True

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: 293

TOPICS: Mod 8.4

NOTES: Pickup

92. Minority groups are always smaller in size than dominant groups.
93. True
94. False

ANSWER: False

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: 294

TOPICS: Mod 8.4

NOTES: New

93. Native Hawaiians represent an involuntary minority because they were historically pulled into the U.S. against their will.
94. True
95. False

ANSWER: True

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: 296

TOPICS: Mod 8.4

NOTES: Pickup

94. Modern racism has roots in European colonization.
95. True
96. False

ANSWER: True

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: 299

TOPICS: Mod 8.5

NOTES: Pickup

95. Scientific racism involves using faulty science to justify a dominant racial group’s supposed superiority.
96. True
97. False

ANSWER: True

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: 299

TOPICS: Mod 8.5

NOTES: Pickup

96. White athletes are naturally the best swimmers.
97. True
98. False

ANSWER: False

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: 300

TOPICS: Mod 8.5

NOTES: Pickup

97. From a sociological point of view the high percentage of black athletes who play professional basketball is evidence that blacks are the superior athletes.
98. True
99. False

ANSWER: False

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: 300

TOPICS: Mod 8.5

NOTES: New

98. Selective perception means only noticing behaviors that support preconceived judgments.
99. True
100. False

ANSWER: True

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: 302

TOPICS: Mod 8.6

NOTES: Pickup

99. Discrimination is a behavior; prejudice is an attitude.
100. True
101. False

ANSWER: True

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: 303

TOPICS: Mod 8.6

NOTES: Pickup

100. People who hold no prejudices can still engage in discriminatory behavior.
101. True
102. False

ANSWER: True

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: 303

TOPICS: Mod 8.6

NOTES: New

101. Redlining is an example of institutional discrimination.
102. True
103. False

ANSWER: True

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: 305

TOPICS: Mod 8.6

NOTES: Pickup

102. Forced removal of Native Americans from their ancestral lands is an example of ethnic cleansing.
103. True
104. False

ANSWER: True

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: 305

TOPICS: Mod 8.6

NOTES: Pickup

103. Ethnic cleansing is an extreme form of enforced segregation.
104. True
105. False

ANSWER: True

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: 306

TOPICS: Mod 8.6

NOTES: Pickup

104. Virtual integration involves interacting with other racial groups over the Internet.
105. True
106. False

ANSWER: False

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: 309

TOPICS: Mod 8.7

NOTES: Pickup

105. The Civil Rights Movement can be most accurately described as primarily an uprising against the KKK.
106. True
107. False

ANSWER: False

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: 310

TOPICS: Mod 8.7

NOTES: Pickup

106. In assessing racial classification, functionalists focus on how it supports order and stability.
107. True
108. False

ANSWER: True

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: 314

TOPICS: Mod 8.8

NOTES: Pickup

107. From a conflict point of view, racial categories create and reinforce divisions.
108. True
109. False

ANSWER: True

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: 314

TOPICS: Mod 8.8

NOTES: New

108. When we reify racial categories, we act as if something is wrong with people who do not fit them.
109. True
110. False

ANSWER: True

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: 279

TOPICS: Mod 8.1

NOTES: New

109. Those who are part of the dominant ethnic group tend to dismiss the history behind their dominant status.
110. True
111. False

ANSWER: True

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: 283

TOPICS: Mod 8.2

NOTES: New

110. In the U.S., the racial category “Native American” encompasses 2,000 tribes.
111. True
112. False

ANSWER: True

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: 286

TOPICS: Mod 8.2

NOTES: New

111. White athletes dominate Winter Olympics because they are naturally better at cold­weather sports.
112. True
113. False

ANSWER: False

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: 301

TOPICS: Mod 8.5

NOTES: New

112. Desegregation is a form of segregation.
113. True
114. False

ANSWER: False

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: 309

TOPICS: Mod 8.7

NOTES: New

113. In a pluralistic society there is one racial group that is most advantaged.
114. True
115. False

ANSWER: False

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: 309

TOPICS: Mod 8.7

NOTES: New

114. From a conflict point of view, whenever someone answers the race question on an application or survey they are supporting the system of racial classification.
115. True
116. False

ANSWER: False

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: 314

TOPICS: Mod 8.8

NOTES: New

115. From a functionalist point of view, racial classification cannot be separated from a history of exploitation.
116. True
117. False

ANSWER: False

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: 314

TOPICS: Mod 8.8

NOTES: New

116. During slavery, enslaved women were forbidden by law to name the father of their children.
117. True
118. False

ANSWER: True

POINTS: 1

REFERENCES: 315

TOPICS: Mod 8.8

NOTES: New