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1. Question :

(TCOs 1 & 2) The existence of a wide variety of cultures and subcultures represented within a society is _____.

marginalization

culture

cultural diversity

culturally different

cultural diffusion

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 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. Question :

(TCO 8) The key to social dominance lies primarily with control over:

political power, the economic system, the media, and the religious system.

political power, the economic system, the educational system, and the religious system.

political power, the currency, the educational system, and the media.

political power, the economic system, the educational system, and the healthcare system.

political power, the economic system, the educational system, and the media.

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) Because minority groups have been marginalized over time, their relationship with the majority group is generally framed in terms of:

formal communication.

distrust.

an uneasy truce.

conflict.

affection.

Question 8. Question :

(TCO 8) According to Robert Merton, the restaurant owner who is strongly biased against a customer because of the confederate flag and racist bumper stickers on their Ford F150, yet greets and serves that customer as they would any other, would be a:

unprejudiced nondiscriminator.

prejudiced nondiscriminator.

prejudiced discriminator.

unprejudiced discriminator.

politically prejudiced 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.