U2LC: Cultural Diversity

CLEARLY identify which choice best answers the following questions. Either highlight your answer or clearly indicate the LETTER of your choice. This assignment has 10 questions and is worth 15 points.

1. Identity:

a. is dynamic and multiple

b. changes as a function of life experience

c. is singular and static

d. A and B

e. B and C

2. Initial identity development and display is a product of:

a. heredity

b. interaction with family members

c. environment

d. A and B

e. A, B, and C

3. Which of the following is/are characteristics of prejudice?

a. it is directed at a social group and its members

b. it has an evaluative dimension

c. it is affected by centrality

d. A and B

e. A, B, and C

4. The notion that one’s culture is superior to any other is referred to as:

a. egocentrism

b. ethnocentrism

c. fascism

d. nationalism

e. culture-centrism

5. Individual stereotypes are:

a. always positive

b. always negative

c. always neutral

d. positive or negative

e. positive, negative, or neutral

6. When a particular group is singled out to bear the blame for economic or social hardships that adversely affect a more dominant group, this is referred to as:

a. Differentiation

b. Exportation

c. Scapegoating

d. Demonizing

e. Demarcating

7. The , , and are known as the most important social organizations that define and reinforce culture.

a. Family, state, religion

b. Family, school, religion

c. State, community and religion

d. School, family, state

8. Racial pertains to while ethnic pertains to .

a. Shared heritage, biological heritage

b. Biological heritage, shared heritage

c. Positive stereotypes, negative stereotypes

d. Negative stereotypes, positive stereotypes

9. All of the following are examples of expressions of prejudice except:

a. Physical attacks

b. Discrimination

c. Antilocution

d. Extermination

e. Ethnic jokes

10. Racism is:

a. relatively new

b. a problem only in the U.S.

c. is generally decreasing throughout the world

d. driven by culture, economics, psychology, and history

e. all of the above