MU LTIPLE CHOICE.  Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1) The Hate Crime Statistics Act 
A) only applies to crimes based on race or religion.
B) was defeated in Congress.
C) directs the Department of Justice to gather data on hate or bias crimes.
D) has been ruled unconstitutional.

 

SHORT ANSWER.  Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement or answers the question.
2) The tendency to approach or withdraw from a social group is known as ________.

 

 

 

MULTIPLE CHOICE.  Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
3) Stereotyping is related to self-fulfilling prophecy in that  
A) it fosters a negative racial climate.
B) people are aware of the negative images others have of them.
C) it affects how people interact with one another.
D) all of these

 

4) The owner of a car dealership refuses to hire a female applicant not because he feels women are incompetent, but because he fears that customers will be less likely to buy a car from a woman. According to Merton, the owner is being a(an) 
A) authoritarian.   B) timid bigot.    C) all-weather bigot.   D) reluctant liberal.

 

5) Viewing Blacks as superstitious, Whites as uncaring, and Jews as shrewd are examples of
A) stereotyping.   B) prejudice.    C) exploitation.   D) caste approach.

 

6) The Clarks' doll experiment in 1947
A) may have been influenced by the commercial unavailability of Black dolls. 
B) suggested to the researchers the positive self-image held by Black children.
C) included the use of medium-brown dolls, not just the extremes of black and white.
D)only used Barbie dolls.

 

7) Scapegoating
A) involves prejudiced people believing they are society's victims.
B) transfers guilt from the individual to some vulnerable group.
C) lead to mass extermination of German Jews during World War II.
D) all of these

 

8) The exploitation theory of prejudice is based on the works of
A) Max Weber.   B) W. I. Thomas.    C) Karl Marx.   D) Robert K. Merton.

 

9) Which of the following is an ethnophaulism? 
A) The employer refused to consider the application from a qualified Norwegian American.
B) The job applicant thought he was refused the position because he was not Black.
C) The personnel manager told the applicant that she had excellent work experience for a woman.
D) all of these 

 

10) The president of a bank refuses to hire the most qualified candidate for a key management position because he is Jewish. This is an example of
A) discrimination.   B) prejudice.    C) the contact hypothesis.   D) the self-fulfilling prophecy.

 

11) Equal opportunity legislation is likely to influence the behavior of
A) reluctant liberals.   B) fair-weather liberals.    C) timid bigots.   D) all of these

 

12) A Hispanic college student from the southwest U.S. arrives at college to find that her roommate is a Jewish woman from New York. As they get to know one another, they are able to overcome their initial prejudices and grow to appreciate each other’s strengths and talents. This is an example of the  
A) contact hypothesis.    B) self-fulfilling prophecy.     C) formal education hypothesis.    D) amalgamation.