Midterm Exam

MINORITIES‑-SYD 4700/ANT3451

MULTIPLE CHOICE (100 POINTS): Select the best answer from the choices below by completely

blackening the appropriate square on the answer sheet with a no. 2 pencil (3.0 points each):

QUESTIONS FROM TEXTBOOK (S. Dale Mclemore Racial and Ethnic Relations in America):

1. Park (1926) argued that "in the relations of races there is a cycle which tends everywhere to repeat itself. . . ."

Which of the following characterizes that cycle

a. whether initial contact between different ethnic groups produces cooperation or conflict depends on the

conditions under which the groups first meet

b. accommodation is the final stage of the race relations cycle

c. accommodation occurs when the larger and smaller groups merge cultures, similar to the melting pot

model of ethnic relations

*d. according to Park, the race relations cycle is progressive and irreversible

2. Which of the following ethnic groups was known for retaining a language that was not English for up to

three generations:

*a. Germans

b. German Jews

c. Protestant Irish

d. Catholic Irish

3. Which of the following premises is found in Festinger’s (1957) balance theory?

a. The displacement of hostility on a minority group can be psychologically comforting

b. Describing outsiders in terms that are hateful creates a psychological balance

c. Self-hate, as shown by the “dolls test,” results from cognitive dissonance

*d. An aggressor’s stereotyped beliefs about a victim may reduce cognitive dissonance

4. When more than 90 percent of the proprietors in La Pierre’s survey stated that they would not

accept Chinese as guests, this demonstrated which of the following?

a. Prejudice results in discrimination

b. Discrimination often results in prejudice

*c. Situational factors shape discrimination

d. Discrimination against Asians is as widespread as discrimination against blacks