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SOCS350 Cultural Diversity in the Professions

Week 2 Quiz

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

stereotyping

marginalization

discrimination

ethnocentrism

prejudice

Question 4 (TCOs 1 & 2) This occurs as a result of longstanding practices and/or behaviors that have a negative impact on members of subordinate groups:

individual discrimination.

institutional discrimination.

ethnocentrism.

marginalization.

globalization.

Question 5 (TCO 8) Institutional discrimination is also called _____ discrimination.

foundational

fundamental

ordinal

primary

structured

Question 6 (TCO 1) Individual discrimination is also called:

illogical.

idiopathic.

personal.

ideological.

prejudice.

Question 7 (TCO 8) Which of the following statements is TRUE regarding majority minority group relations?

You Answered

The majority group always knows and understands more about the minority group than the minority group does about the majority group.

The majority group knowledge and understanding of the minority group is usually equal to the knowledge and understanding that the minority has for the majority group.

The majority group has the knowledge but not the understanding of the minority group.

The minority group had the understanding but not the knowledge of the majority group.

The minority always knows and understands more about the majority group than the majority group does about the minority group.

Question 8 (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.

Correct Answer

prejudiced discriminator.

You Answered

unprejudiced discriminator.

gender discriminator.

Question 9 (TCOs 1 & 2) Institutional discrimination occurs due to:

longstanding practices and/or behaviors that have a negative impact on members of subordinate groups.

long-ago agreements between superior and subordinate groups.

lax internal auditing predating Sarbanes-Oxley.

loopholes in federal law left over from the Reagan Administration.

an electoral mandate.

Question 10 (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.

SOCS350 Cultural Diversity in the Professions

Week 4 Quiz

Question 1 (TCOs 3 & 4) The tangible artifacts created by a culture are _____.

nonmaterial cultures

symbols

cultural lags

material cultures

languages

Question 2 (TCOs 3 & 4) The sum total of a society’s knowledge of the world, values, beliefs, language, norms, and material objects, is _____.

culture

subculture

cultural diversity

globalization

nonmaterial culture

Question 3 (TCOs 3 & 4) The world integration of government policies, cultures, social movements, and financial markets through trade and the exchange of ideas is _____.

stereotype

prejudice

globalization

marginalization

cultural diffusion

Question 4 (TCOs 3 & 4) This includes both material and nonmaterial cultural representation and can take on different meanings in different cultural contexts:

subculture.

language.

argot.

symbol.

culture.

Question 5 (TCO 6) This occurs when an ethnic or racial group or individual takes on the cultural ways of another group, usually that of the mainstream culture, often at the expense of traditional cultural ways.

Assimilation

Acculturation

Immigration

Ethnic identification

Miscegenation

Question 6 (TCO 6) Which of the following is true of symbols?

Symbols only contain material culture representation.

Symbols only contain nonmaterial culture representation.

Symbols contain neither material nor nonmaterial culture representation.

Symbols contain both material and nonmaterial representation.

The finest are made by Zildjian.

Question 7 (TCO 6) Why will there nearly always be components of caution, suspicion, distrust, or cynicism in the minority group’s view toward the dominant group?

Because nearly all dominant groups have experienced prejudice and discrimination at the hands of the minority group.

Because the dominant groups foster that image in the media.

Because minority groups are naturally distrustful.

In order to keep the minority groups fighting among themselves.

Because nearly all minority groups have experienced prejudice and discrimination at the hands of the dominant group.

Question 8 (TCO 3, 4 & 6) From the reading in Chapter 18, identify and give examples of three of the gender gaps that need to be narrowed.

SOCS350 Cultural Diversity in the Professions

Week 6 Quiz

Question 1 (TCOs 4 & 7) Something that can generate ethnocentric responses or defensive reactions, such as voice, appearance, attitude, or behavior, is called _____.

acculturation

ethnic identity

racial identity

miscegenation

a trigger

Question 2 (TCOs 4 & 7) Time and manners are examples of this type of trigger:

behavior.

attitude.

voice.

appearance.

smell.

Question 3 (TCO 8) The social position that results from actions or behaviors on our part or the part of others is called _____.

socioeconomic status

prestige

ascribed status

achieved status

identity

Question 4 (TCO 4 & 7) An example of attitude as a “trigger” would be:

implicit design.

explicit design.

biological maturation.

spatial proximity.

orbital decay

Question 5 (TCO 4 & 7) An example of an “appearance trigger” would be:

body stance.

body odors.

timbre.

inflections.

lilt.

Question 6 (TCO 8) Which of the following is an example of an ascribed status?

Accountant

Sister

Veteran

Graduate

Father

Question 7 (TCO 8) Which of the following is an example of an achieved status?

Son

Daughter

Uncle

Mother

Cousin

Question 8 (TCOs 4, 7, & 8) Identify and contrast the three distinct subcultures based on age among mature Americans.

SOCS350 Cultural Diversity in the Professions

Week 8 Quiz

Question 1 (TCOs 3 & 4) American ideology places _____ at the top of requirements for success.

wealth or power

family connections

technical competence

educational attainment

celebrity status

Question 2 (TCO 1 & 3) Where does American ideology place educational attainment on the hierarchy of requirements for success?

At the very top

Right after “inherited wealth”

In the middle

Right after “successful career”

At the very bottom

Question 3 (TCOs 7 & 8) What is the final step in the strategies for dealing with cultural diversity?

Tailor your approach based on your definition of the situation

Examine your own assumptions, values, and prejudices

Engage in social engineering

Seek alternative approaches

Sharpen the saw

Question 4 (TCO 7 & 8) What step in the strategies for dealing with cultural diversity is “Examine the empirical data of the social world?”

First

Second

Fourth

Sixth

Last

Question 5 (TCO 1) Describe three of the corporations and their best practices for work-life balance issues listed in the Harvey article in Chapter 46.

Question 6 (TCO 3) Identify and contrast three of the programmatic diversity initiatives described in the Harvey article in