For Decades, the U

question 9

Multiple Choice

For decades, the U.S. Census has defined and redefined the categories of race for each decennial census. Omi and Winant suggest that each change by the Census and every challenge to the categorizations by various racial groups is an example of

• A) The importance of ethnicity in America.
• B) The efficiency of the government to better define race with new mixed-race identities.
• C) The problems with bureaucracy in America.
• D) The issue of using race to explain class-based issues.
• E) The political dimensions of state assignment of racial identity .

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Definitions:

Innate

Inborn or natural traits, abilities, or qualities that are not acquired or learned.

Classical Conditioning

An educational method involving the frequent pairing of two cues; a response initially prompted by the second cue comes to be prompted by the first cue in isolation.

Ivan Pavlov

A Russian physiologist known for his work in classical conditioning, demonstrating how stimuli can trigger reflexive responses.

Classical Conditioning

A learning process that occurs when two stimuli are repeatedly paired together; a response that is initially elicited by the second stimulus is eventually elicited by the first stimulus alone.