SOCS 350N Course Quizzes Week 2, 4 plus Week 6 (Summer 2019)
(SOCS 350N Course Quizzes)
- Question: (TCOs 1 & 2) Those members of society whose cultural understandings and backgrounds are different from one another and from the dominant culture are _____.
- Question: (TCOs 1 & 2) A category of people distinguished from the dominant society on the basis of distinctive and identifiable cultural characteristics is:
- Question: (TCOs 1 & 2) One-on-one acts by members of the dominant group that harm subordinate group members or their property are forms of _____.
- 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:
- Question: (TCO 8) The key to social dominance lies primarily with control over:
- Question: (TCO 1) A negative way of thinking based on irrational evaluations about members of a particular group is _____.
- Question: (TCO 8) Which of the following statements is TRUE regarding majority minority group relations?
- 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:
- Question: (TCOs 1 & 2) Cultural diversity is … in the lecture as:
- Question: (TCO 1 & 2) Marginalization is … as
- Question: (TCOs 3 & 4) A culturally distinct system of symbols, vocal and nonvocal, that allows members of a society to communicate is _____.
- Question: (TCOs 3 & 4) A cultural pattern in which a segment of a society maintains a distinctive identity different from that of the dominant culture is _____.
- Question: (TCOs 3 & 4) The process that occurs when concepts, ideas, language, and behaviors cross cultural boundaries is _____.
- Question: (TCOs 3 & 4) This refers to cultural beliefs that justify particular social arrangements, including patterns of inequality:
- Question: (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.
- Question: (TCO 6) Which of the following is true of symbols?
- Question: (TCO 6) What is the basis for minority groups’ experience and identity? What made them who they are and shaped the world in which they live?
- Question: (TCO 3, 4 & 6) From the reading in Chapter 18, identify and give examples of three of the gender gaps that need to … narrowed.
- Question: (TCOs 6 & 7) Why is the following statement false? You can easily figure out how to communicate with your coworkers as long as you know their ethnicity.
- Question: (TCOs 6 & 7) Millennial workers (1980–2000) tend to … motivated by
- Question: (TCOs 6 & 7) The term whiteprivilegemeans that
- Question: (TCOs 4 & 7) Something that can generate ethnocentric responses or defensive reactions, such as voice, appearance, attitude, or behavior, is called _________.
- Question: (TCOs 4 & 7) Time and manners are examples of this type of trigger:
- Question: (TCO 8) The social position in life that comes as a result of behavior or things that happen over which one has no control (race, gender, and so on) is called _____.
- Question: (TCOs 4, 5, & 7) What organizational strategies can … put in place to demonstrate that diversity is valued and to promote a culture of nondiscrimination? Discuss two specific ways in which organizations can accomplish these goals.
- Question: (TCO 8) From the reading in Chapter 14, briefly describe general racial disparities and inequities that exist in the workplace, education, and justice system. How can these disparities … removed?