DeVry SOCS350 Week 1 Quiz Latest 2017 January

1. Question :

(TCOs 1 & 2) Those members of society whose cultural understandings and backgrounds are different from one another and from the dominant culture are _____.

ethnic groups

racial groups

White ethnics

culturally different

racial/ethnic communities

Question 2. Question :

(TCOs 1 & 2) Collections of persons from common racial or ethnic backgrounds who share common cultural interests are _____.

a race

culturally diverse

a culture

culturally different

racial/ethnic communities

Question 3. Question :

(TCOs 1 & 2) Evaluating cultural differences in relationship to one's own cultural standards is _____.

stereotyping

marginalization

discrimination

ethnocentrism

prejudice

Question 4. Question :

(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.

Question 5. Question :

(TCO 8) In all industrial societies, majority and minority groups are arranged in layers reflecting their relationships with one another. These layers are also called:

plateaus.

tortes.

strata.

cliques.

pecking-order.

Question 6. Question :

(TCO 1) A negative way of thinking based on irrational evaluations about members of a particular group is _____.

discrimination

prejudice

ideology

racism

ethnocentrism

Question 7. Question :

(TCO 8) Unlike the majority group, most minority groups recognize and understand:

cultural differences.

differences among members of the other group.

differences among members of their own group.

a different culture as “their own.”

the value of hard work.

Question 8. Question :

(TCO 8) According to Robert Merton, a person who believes single mothers are financially unstable and thus refuses to rent apartments to them, is a:

unprejudiced nondiscriminator.

prejudiced nondiscriminator.

prejudiced discriminator.

unprejudiced discriminator.

gender discriminator.

Question 9. Question :

(TCO 1 & 2) Prejudice is defined as:

a negative way of thinking based on irrational evaluations about members of a particular racial group.

a negative way of thinking based on irrational evaluations about members of a different gender.

a negative way of thinking based on irrational evaluations about members of a different sexual orientation.

a negative way of thinking based on rational evaluations about members of a particular group.

a negative way of thinking based on irrational evaluations about members of a particular group.

Question 10. Question :

(TCO 1 & 2) Marginalization is defined as

the process of diminishing the value, importance, contributions, or attributes of a category of people.

the process of gentrification.

the displacement of inner-city residents due to urban renewal.

seating minorities near the kitchen and “on the margins” in restaurants.

societal triage.