Reference group orientation refers to which process of racial identity?
a. The feelings and attitudes about oneself
b. One's deliberate affiliation or commitment to a particular racial group
c. The color of one's skin and other physical attributes
d. The extent to which one uses a racial group to guide feelings, thoughts, and behaviors
Q. 2Racial identity might be best understood as:
a. a person's racial categorization based on physical attributes.
b. the power, status, and opportunity related to one's ancestry.
c. the quality of one's commitment to his or her socially ascribed racial group.
d. a common racial heritage.
Q. 3Which of the following is not related to the meaning of race?
a. A relational and political process that broadly connotes social status and opportunity
b. A way of grouping people into categories based on external traits and ancestry
c. The shared beliefs, lifestyle norms, and values of a group of people
d. Notions of identity that come from commitment to one's racial group
Q. 4Ethnicity is best understood as:
a. the central process that constitutes culture.
b. broadly associated with power, status, and opportunity.
c. the quality of commitment to a person's racial group.
d. shared culture with regard to lifestyles, norms, beliefs and values.
Q. 5Race and ethnicity are:
a. largely synonymous terms and constructs.
b. distinct terms and constructs.
c. overlapping but not necessarily equivalent terms and constructs.
d. synonymous with culture.
Q. 6Among the most salient aspects of culture highlighted in the text is:
a. ethnicity. c. family size and composition.
b. socioeconomic status. d. Susto.
Q. 7When discussing the role of culture for a theory of personality that underlies multicultural therapy, the textbook authors assert that:
a. culture is the most important determinant of personality.
b. there is no widespread theory of personality, but diverse perspectives rooted in different cultures.
c. cultures have clear boundaries and values that support the development of culture-specific theories of personality.
d. culture is largely invisible and only subtly influences personality development.
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