B. Institutional Discrimination
Chapter 3 – Discrimination
Each question is worth 2 points =50 points totals: My answers are highlighted/underlined in Blue
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Sociologists use what term to refer to the conscious experience of a negative discrepancy between legitimate expectations and present actualities? a. Affirmative action b. Relative poverty c. Relative deprivation d. Amalgamation
2. A fixed standard based on a minimum level of subsistence below which families should not be expected to exist is called a. scapegoating. b. absolute deprivation. c. relative deprivation. d. total discrimination.
3. The denial of opportunities and equal rights to individuals and groups for prejudices or other arbitrary reasons is a. prejudice. b. discrimination. c. segregation. d. deprivation.
4. Total discrimination refers to current discrimination operating in the current labor market and a. absolute deprivation. b. past discrimination. c. prejudice. d. stereotypes.
5. About what percent of hate crimes are racially motivated? a. 18% b. 75% c. 52% d. 5%
6. Which of the following statements is TRUE regarding hate groups, like the Ku Klux Klan, in the U.S.? a. They are found in most states. b. They provide hate literature. c. Their attitude towards an entire category of people, such as a racial or ethnic minority, is negative. d. all of these
7. The denial of opportunities and equal rights to individuals and groups which results from the normal operations of a society is known as a. prejudice. b. the contact hypothesis. c. the definition of a situation. d. institutional discrimination.
8. The concept introduced by civil rights activist Stokely Carmichael and political scientist Charles Hamilton which refers to covert acts committed collectively against an entire group is a. institutional racism. b.
Each question is worth 2 points =50 points totals: My answers are highlighted/underlined in Blue
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Sociologists use what term to refer to the conscious experience of a negative discrepancy between legitimate expectations and present actualities? a. Affirmative action b. Relative poverty c. Relative deprivation d. Amalgamation
2. A fixed standard based on a minimum level of subsistence below which families should not be expected to exist is called a. scapegoating. b. absolute deprivation. c. relative deprivation. d. total discrimination.
3. The denial of opportunities and equal rights to individuals and groups for prejudices or other arbitrary reasons is a. prejudice. b. discrimination. c. segregation. d. deprivation.
4. Total discrimination refers to current discrimination operating in the current labor market and a. absolute deprivation. b. past discrimination. c. prejudice. d. stereotypes.
5. About what percent of hate crimes are racially motivated? a. 18% b. 75% c. 52% d. 5%
6. Which of the following statements is TRUE regarding hate groups, like the Ku Klux Klan, in the U.S.? a. They are found in most states. b. They provide hate literature. c. Their attitude towards an entire category of people, such as a racial or ethnic minority, is negative. d. all of these
7. The denial of opportunities and equal rights to individuals and groups which results from the normal operations of a society is known as a. prejudice. b. the contact hypothesis. c. the definition of a situation. d. institutional discrimination.
8. The concept introduced by civil rights activist Stokely Carmichael and political scientist Charles Hamilton which refers to covert acts committed collectively against an entire group is a. institutional racism. b.