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
a self-fulfilling prophecy
institutional discrimination
Which sociological perspective views race from the macro level and sees the economic structure as a central factor in the exploitation of minority groups?
functionalist perspective
conflict perspective
interactionist perspective
labeling theory
Which country has the world's largest concentration of Jews?
Israel
Russia
The United States
Poland
The largest Hispanic population of the United States is composed of:
Mexican Americans
Puerto Ricans
Cuban Americans
refugees from Central America
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 of the following is considered a racial group?
Jewish Americans
African Americans
All the above
Which Black person wrote the acclaimed novel Invisible Man?
Malcolm X
James Baldwin
Alice Walker
Ralph Ellison
A child who is repeatedly criticized as being lazy and lacking intelligence eventually accepts these criticisms and uses them to justify poor performance in school. This is an example of:
the contact hypothesis
reverse discrimination
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:
amalgamation
The largest population of White ethnics in the United States consists of:
Italian Americans
Irish Americans
Polish Americans
German Americans