Chapter 11

A  abnormality; what a society considers normal

B  biology; culture

C  choice; social structure

D  attitude; action

A  built into culture itself.

B  found among most people in all societies.

C  found among poor and disadvantaged people.

D  a trait of certain individuals that see things as black and white.

A  people with rigid personalities.

B  frustration among disadvantaged people.

C  high levels of immigration.

D  cultural beliefs.

A  One racial category is innately superior or inferior to another

B  Widespread throughout the US History where racial inferiority supported slavery

C  All of these are correct

D  Decrease in overt racism in the US but still a serious social problem

A  treated anyone in an unkind way.

B  described everyone in some category in the same way.

C  held an opinion about someone based on personal experience.

D  made any generalization about people.

A  Prejudice treats everyone in some category the same way.

B  Prejudice involves prejudgments.

C  Prejudice can be positive or negative.

D  All of these are correct

A  small in numbers and disadvantaged.

B  set apart by that society and subordinated or disadvantaged.

C  less than half the society’s total population.

D  born in some other country.

A  ethnic category

B  racial category

C  out-group

D  minority

A  race

B  ethnicity

C  stereotype

D  minority

A  a socially constructed category composed of people who share biologically transmitted traits that members of a society consider important.

B  people who fall into any minority category.

C  a socially constructed shared by a category of people.

D  a person’s skin color.