Chapter 11 Diversity and Your Relationships with Others Answer Key
Multiple Choice Questions
1. A person who evaluates people primarily on the basis of their membership in a particular group is
A. racist.
B. prejudiced.
C. naive.
D. exclusionary.
Prejudice refers to evaluations or judgments of members of a group that are based primarily on their membership in the group, rather than on their individual characteristics.
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Learning Objective: 11-01 Discuss why the increasingly racial; ethnic; and cultural diversity of society is important to you.
Topic: Prejudices and Stereotypes
2. Someone who is prejudiced
A. directs his or her behavior toward individuals based on their membership in a group.
B. has the knowledge and understanding about other races, ethnic groups, cultures, and minorities.
C. evaluates or judges members of a group based on their membership in the group and not their individual characteristics.
D. has beliefs and expectations about members of a group.
Prejudice and discrimination are maintained by stereotypes, which are the beliefs and expectations about members of a group simply because of their membership in that group.
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Learning Objective: 11-01 Discuss why the increasingly racial; ethnic; and cultural diversity of society is important to you.
Topic: Prejudices and Stereotypes
3. Someone who has a stereotype
A. directs his or her behavior toward individuals based on their membership in a group.
B. has the knowledge and understanding about other races, ethnic groups, cultures, and minorities.
C. evaluates or judges members of a group based on their membership in the group and not their individual characteristics.
D. has beliefs and expectations about members of a group.
Stereotypes are the beliefs and expectations about members of a group simply because of their membership in that group.
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Learning Objective: 11-01 Discuss why the increasingly racial; ethnic; and cultural diversity of society is important to you.
Topic: Prejudices and Stereotypes
4. Beliefs and expectations about members of a group that are held simply because of their membership in the group are referred to as
A. stereotypes.
B. racism.
C. prejudice.
D. discrimination.
Prejudice and discrimination are maintained by stereotypes. For example, someone who thinks that women don’t do as well as men in math holds a stereotype.
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Learning Objective: 11-01 Discuss why the increasingly racial; ethnic; and cultural diversity of society is important to you.
Topic: Prejudices and Stereotypes
5. Someone who discriminates
A. directs his or her behavior toward individuals based on their membership in a group.
B. has the knowledge and understanding about other races, ethnic groups, cultures, and minorities.
C. evaluates or judges members of a group based on their membership in the group and not their individual characteristics.
D. has beliefs and expectations about members of a group.
Discrimination can result in exclusion from jobs and educational opportunities.
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Learning Objective: 11-01 Discuss why the increasingly racial; ethnic; and cultural diversity of society is important to you.
Topic: Prejudices and Stereotypes
6. When someone directs his or her behavior toward individuals on the basis of their membership in a particular group they are
A. stereotyping.
B. racist.
C. prejudiced.
D. discriminating.
Prejudice leads to discrimination. Discrimination can result in group members receiving lower salaries and benefits.
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Learning Objective: 11-01 Discuss why the increasingly racial; ethnic; and cultural diversity of society is important to you.
Topic: Prejudices and Stereotypes
7. What term refers to the learned behaviors, beliefs, and attitudes that characterize a society or population?
A. culture
B. environment
C. ethnicity
D. heritage
Culture comprises the learned behavior, beliefs, and attitudes that are characteristic of a society or population.
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Learning Objective: 11-01 Discuss why the increasingly racial; ethnic; and cultural diversity of society is important to you.
Topic: Diversity
8. Culture is referred to as
A. traditionally, biologically determined physical characteristics that set one group apart from others.
B. the learned behaviors, beliefs, and attitudes that are characteristic of an individual society or population, and the products that people create.
C. shared national origins or cultural patterns.
D. knowledge and understanding about the other races, ethnic groups, cultures, and minority groups.
Culture also encompasses things such as architecture, music, art, and literature.
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Learning Objective: 11-01 Discuss why the increasingly racial; ethnic; and cultural diversity of society is important to you.
Topic: Diversity
9. What term refers to shared national origins or cultural patterns?
A. culture
B. environment
C. ethnicity
D. race
Ethnicity refers to shared national origins or cultural patterns. For instance, Hispanics, Irish, and Italian Americans are categorized as ethnic groups.
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Blooms: Remember
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Learning Objective: 11-01 Discuss why the increasingly racial; ethnic; and cultural diversity of society is important to you.
Topic: Diversity
10. Ethnicity is referred to as
A. traditionally, biologically determined physical characteristics that set one group apart from others.
B. the learned behaviors, beliefs, and attitudes that are characteristic of an individual society or population, and the products that people create.
C. shared national origins or cultural patterns.
D. knowledge and understanding about the other races, ethnic groups, cultures, and minority groups.
Examples of ethnic groups in the United States are Puerto Ricans, Irish, and Italian Americans.
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