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Collective BESC flashcards Exam Questions Complete Solutions Current Update
The state laws against miscegenation were declared unconstitutional in the late 1960's - Answers -True
Unlike race, gender has both a biological and a social component - Answers -True
Gerhard Lenkst is important be...
Collective BESC flashcards Exam
Questions Complete Solutions
Current Update
The state laws against miscegenation were declared unconstitutional in the late 1960's -
Answers -True
Unlike race, gender has both a biological and a social component - Answers -True
Gerhard Lenkst is important because he linked the nature of inequality to the ----- of a
society - Answers -level of development of a society
Group names are social constructions, created in particular historical situations and
reflective of particular power relationships - Answers -true
Prejudice and racism come to us through our ---- as a package of stereotypes,
emotions, and ideas - Answers -cultural heritage
Laws on miscegenation refers to laws that... - Answers -prevented members of different
races from intermarrying
A person refuses to rent an apartment to a person of a different racial or ethnic group.
This is an example of...... - Answers -individual discrimination
By definition, a minority group is always - Answers -singled out for differential and
unequal treatment
The population of the United States is currently - Answers -affected by long-standing,
unresolved minority issues
The term dominant group refers to a numerical majority - Answers -true
----- is a belief system that asserts that a particular group is inferior - Answers -
ideological racism
The major limitation of racial typologies is that they cannot provide clear diving lines
between racial groups - Answers -True
Gender equality is generally highest in the more developed, industrialized nation of
North America and Western Europe - Answers -True
The new form of prejudice that is often expressed in seemingly neutral language is
known as ---- - Answers -modern racism
,According to Lenski, inequality in an agricultural society centers on control of ______ -
Answers -land and labor
The statement, "New forms of prejudice are often expressed in seemingly neutral
language or objective terms" reflects _______ - Answers -modern racism
Michelle is a poor African American woman. Her race, class, and gender may combine
to produce a unique kind of inequality. The concept that describes this phenomenon is
known as______ - Answers -The matrix of domination
The most important characteristic of a subordinate minority group is that a more
powerful group dominates it - Answers -True
'The most important source of inequality arises from a person's relationship to the
means of production." This statement is most likely to be heard from a _________ -
Answers -Marxist
When entire groups are treated unfairly and unequally in the institutions of the larger
society, this is called _________ - Answers -Institutional discrimination
Which of the following characteristics is NOT typical of minority group membership's
ascribe status? - Answers -It can be altered through hard work and motivation
The skin color of any group balances the need for vitamin D and the need for melanin to
protect against UV rays. - Answers -True
Max Weber distinguished three different sources of stratification in society - Answers -
True
Max Weber thought that Marx's ideas about inequality were too - Answers -narrow
The fastest growing group in the United States is - Answers -Asian and Pacific Islanders
The Robber's Cave experiment supports the idea that prejudice can be caused by
_______ - Answers -competition
Prejudice and racism come to us through our ______ as a package of stereotypes,
emotions, and ideas - Answers -cultural heritage
The most important characteristic of a subordinate minority group is that a more
powerful group dominates it - Answers -True
According to Marx, the means of production in an agricultural society would include
_______ - Answers -NOT FACTORIES
, Marxism as a theory, has been completely disproven and is no longer important as a
source of insight into group relations. - Answers -True
Which of the following is NOT a reason that group names have shortcomings? -
Answers -The names used are inherently racist.
The social construction of gender occurs through the influence of _____ - Answers -all
of the above:
parents, older sibling, and other adults
mass media
religious and educational institutions
the earlier division of labor among humans
stratification is another term for - Answers -NOT STATUS SYMBOL
_______ refers to how a person is layered or ranked in society according to how many
valued resources he or she possesses - Answers -social stratification
Over the past three decades, the number of immigrants arriving in the United States
each year has significantly increased - Answers -True
In opposition to Marx, Weber argued that there is/are _______ dimension(s) of
inequality - Answers -three
The new form of prejudice that is often expressed in seemingly neutral language is
known as - Answers -modern racism
The thinking aspect of prejudice is called - Answers -cognitive prejudice
Marx expanded Weber's view of inequality by identifying three separate stratification
systems - Answers -True
It was ______ that concluded that U.S. society in the 1960's actually incorporated not
three but four melting pots, each of which were internally subdivided by social class -
Answers -Gordon
Structural pluralism exists when groups have not acculturated, and each maintains its
own identity - Answers -True
The goal of separatism is for the group to sever all ties with the larger society - Answers
-True
The economic success of enclave and middleman minorities is partly due to - Answers -
strong ties of cooperation
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