A Hispanic woman and a Jewish man, working together as computer programmers for an electronics firm, overcome their initial prejudices and come to appreciate each other's strengths and talents. This is an example of:
the contact hypothesis
a self-fulfilling prophecy
amalgamation
reverse discrimination
At one time, many Puerto Ricans were effectively barred from serving in the Chicago Police Department because they failed to meet a height requirement. This was an example of:
prejudice
scapegoating
institutional discrimination
Which country has the world's largest concentration of Jews?
Israel
Russia
The United States
Poland
The largest population of White ethnics in the United States consists of:
Italian Americans
Irish Americans
Polish Americans
German Americans
Which equation can be used to represent amalgamation?
A + B + C = A
A + B + C = A + B + C
A + B + C = D
A + B + C = A + B + D
Which sociologist, writing in 1906, noted that individuals make distinctions between members of their own group (the in-group) and everyone else (the out-group)?
Charles Horton Cooley
Emile Durkheim
William I. Thomas
William Graham Sumner
Which Black person wrote the acclaimed novel Invisible Man?
Malcolm X
James Baldwin
Alice Walker
Ralph Ellison
Which equation can be used to represent pluralism?
The largest Hispanic population of the United States is composed of:
Mexican Americans
Puerto Ricans
Cuban Americans
refugees from Central America
Which of the following is considered a racial group?
Jewish Americans
African Americans
All the above
