Higher Education

Imagining Sociology: Chapter 05

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Question 1:

Traditionally, we thought of race and ethnicity as inherent elements of a person. This view is referred to as ________.
a) social construction
b) essentialism
c) ethnic theory
d) multiculturalism
e) vertical mosaic

Question 2:

Social construction is based on ________.
a) Structural functionalism
b) Conflict theory
c) Symbolic interactionism
d) World systems theory
e) None of the above

Question 3:

“If [people] define situations as real, then they are real in their consequences.” This view is called ________.
a) the Weberian model
b) the Thomas principle
c) conflict argument
d) social construction
e) developmentalism

Question 4:

________ refers to an invisible package of unearned assets that can be used but about which you are meant to remain invisible.
a) Ethnic value
b) Multicultural dividend
c) Invisible knapsack
d) Free values
e) Rewards of ethnicity

Question 5:

A negative attitude towards someone based solely on their membership in a group is called ________.
a) discrimination
b) racism
c) stereotype
d) norm
e) prejudice

Question 6:

People categorised as “Indians” were first able to vote in Canada in ________.
a) 1880
b) 1920
c) 1940
d) 1960
e) 1980

Question 7:

The authoritarian personality is characterised by ________.
a) a tendency to use strict behaviour towards subordinates
b) a tendency to see the world in terms of good and evil
c) a tendency to strictly follow rules
d) a tendency to develop prejudicial attitudes
e) all of the above

Question 8:

The doctrine that provides a political framework for the official promotion of cultural differences as an integral component of society is called ________.
a) ethnic diversity
b) the vertical mosaic
c) multiculturalism
d) the invisible knapsack
e) optional ethnicities

Question 9:

The original ethnic groups to settle a previously unoccupied or newly conquered territory are called ________.
a) primary ethnic groups
b) racial groups
c) charter groups
d) vertical mosaics
e) first groups

Question 10:

The idea that “the members of even the smallest nation will never know most of their fellow members, meet them, or even hear or them, yet in the minds of each lives the image of their communion” is called ________.
a) the vertical mosaic
b) multiculturalism
c) racial diversity
d) pan-raciality
e) imagined communities

Question 11:

Ethnicity is a social distinction based on perceived physical or biological characteristics.
a) True
b) False

Question 12:

The theory of social construction was developed by Berger and Luckmann.
a) True
b) False

Question 13:

According to the study discussed in this chapter, the probability that you will be stopped by the police in Toronto is highly dependent on your race.
a) True
b) False

Question 14:

In the Canadian census, you can list only one ethnic or racial category.
a) True
b) False

Question 15:

The concept of symbolic ethnicities was introduced by Benedict Anderson.
a) True
b) False

Question 16:

The term First Nations includes all Indigenous people in Canada, including Inuit and Métis peoples.
a) True
b) False

Question 17:

First Nations people make up about 20 per cent of the Canadian population.
a) True
b) False

Question 18:

The theory that prejudice results from social groups’ competition for valued resources is called realistic conflict theory.
a) True
b) False

Question 19:

The immigration rate in Canada is much lower than the rate in the US.
a) True
b) False

Question 20:

The biggest category of immigrants in Canada is family class immigrants.
a) True
b) False