(answered 2021) SOCS 350 Week 8 : Final Exam

SOCS 350 Week 8 : Final Exam Question 1.1. (TCOs 1, 2, and 8) Describe the difference between prejudice and discrimination. Is it possible for prejudice to exist without discrimination? Please include an analysis and examples with your response. (Points : 30) Week 8 : Final Exam - Final Exam Page 1 Question 1.1. (TCOs 1, 2, and 8) The key to social dominance lies primarily with control over . (Points : 5) voters major social institutions the military universities Question 2.2. (TCOs 1, 2, and 8) Members of a society whose cultural understandings are different from one another and from the dominant culture are called . (Points : 5) an ethnic group a race White ethnics culturally different Question 3.3. (TCOs 3 and 4) An esoteric language generally not well understood by outsiders and used by a subgroup to communicate with one another is a(n) . (Points : 5) language symbol argot dialect Question 4.4. (TCOs 6 and 7) For minority groups, is their experience and their identity; it has made them who they are and shaped the world in which they live. (Points : 5) discrimination history marginalization culture Question 5.5. (TCO 8) Being African American is an example of a(n) status. (Points : 5) achieved socioeconomic ascribed earned Question 6.6. (TCO 8) The ability to enforce one's will on others over their resistance is the dimension of social stratification. (Points : 5) prestige power socioeconomic economic Question 7.7. (TCOs 4 and 7) Physical characteristics, clothing style, tattoos, distinctive adornments, and the like can be triggers to ethnocentric responses. (Points : 5) voice appearance attitude behavior Question 8.8. (TCO 3) American ideology places at the top of requirements for success. (Points : 5) wealth or power family connections technical competence educational attainment Question 9.9. (TCOs 1, 2, and 8) People who immigrated to the U.S. from Ireland in the 18th and 19th centuries can be described as . (Points : 5) an ethnic group a racial group White ethnics culturally different Question 10.10. (TCO 7) Body stance, eye contact, spatial proximity, and the like can all be triggers to ethnocentric responses. (Points : 5) voice behavior appearance attitude Question 11.11. (TCOs 1 and 2) The existence of a wide variety of cultures and subcultures represented within a society is . (Points : 5) marginalization culture cultural diversity culturally different cultural diffusion Question 12.12. (TCOs 1 and 2) One-on-one acts by members of the dominant group that harm subordinate group members or their property are forms of . (Points : 5) racism prejudice individual discrimination institutional discrimination marginalization Question 13.13. (TCOs 3 and 4) The disconnect in a society that occurs when material culture changes more rapidly than nonmaterial culture is . (Points : 5) globalization marginalization discrimination cultural diversity cultural lag Question 14.14. (TCOs 3 and 4) The process that occurs when concepts, ideas, language, and behaviors cross cultural boundaries is . (Points : 5) cultural diffusion cultural lag marginalization discrimination cultural diversity Question 15.15. (TCOs 1 and 2) Evaluating cultural differences in relationship to one's own cultural standards is . (Points : 5) stereotyping marginalization discrimination ethnocentrism prejudice Question 16.16. (TCOs 3 and 4) This occurs when people's reported egalitarian values conflict with negative attitudes toward women. (Points : 5) Aversive racism Neosexism Racism Symbolic racism New racism Question 17.17. (TCOs 6 and 7) A process whereby a previously distinct ethnic group merges socially into another group, usually the dominant group in mainstream society, is . (Points : 5) acculturation assimilation ethnic identification discrimination miscegenation Question 18.18. (TCOs 6 and 7) This describes beliefs that racism no longer exists and that blacks or other racial groups have attained excessive, unfair gains. (Points : 5) Affirmative action New racism Reverse discrimination Treatment discrimination Access discrimination Question 19.19. (TCO 8) High-status occupations may have plenty of , but that does not necessarily mean that they either have great power or bring economic rewards. (Points : 5) power economics socioeconomic status culture prestige Question 2.2. (TCOs 3, 4, and 5) What is cultural lag? How does it relate to understandings across cultures or subcultures? (Points : 30) Question 3.3. (TCOs 6 and 7) Analyze the following statement: "The slave always knows more about the master than the master knows about the slave." What does this reflect about the culture at the time of slavery in America? (Points : 30) Question 4.4. (TCOs 4 and 7) How does our American sense of the importance of time impact cross- cultural business and professional interactions? Considering that most American businesses are global organizations, analyze how culture-bound thinking can negatively impact cross-cultural business transactions. (Points : 30) Question 5.5. (TCO 8) Analyze why understanding the use of stereotypes and generalizations about minority groups is important to generating effective interactions in professional and personal environments. (Points : 30)