Deck 10: Multiracial Americans

Question 1

In research by Wiiladsen-Jensen and Ito, European Americans and Asian Americans initially perceived racially ambiguous faces as:

A) their own race
B) White
C) Black
D) Biracial

Answer 1

White

Question 2

Multiracial persons have greater levels of psychological problems than monoracial persons:

A) in nonclinical populations but not in clinical populations
B) when multiracial persons are in the majority
C) in both clinical and nonclinical populations
D) only in clinical populations

Answer 2

only in clinical populations

Question 3

Based on Brunsma's work, which couple is most likely to designate their child as multiracial?

A) European American + Latina American
B) Latino American + African American
C) African American + European American
D) African American + American Indian

Answer 3

African American + European American

Question 4

In a study of changes in identity by Doyle and Kao, biracial adolescents who had _________ ancestry were most likely to change their identity.

A) Asian American
B) American Indian
C) Latino/a American
D) African American

Question 5

A biracial Japanese American/European American who perceives rejection from the multiracial community is unlikely to identify with the:

A) Japanese American community
B) European American community
C) either the Japanese American community or the European American community
D) either the multiracial community or the European American community

Question 6

Respondents were first allowed to indicate more than one racial group on the U.S._______ census.

A) 1960
B) 1970
C) 1990
D) 2000

Question 7

Laws prohibiting interracial marriage existed in the U.S. until:

A) 1900
B) 1949
C) 1967
D) 2000

Question 8

Khanna found that _________ was the strongest factor in determining whether biracial Asian American/European Americans identified with a monoracial community.

A) gender
B) socioeconomic status
C) closeness to one of their parents
D) physical appearance

Question 9

Chesley and Wagner found that African American college students perceived a biracial African American/European American) child to have greater peer acceptance among

A) biracial children
B) African American children
C) European American children
D) younger children

Question 10

A biracial person whose identity is sometimes African American, sometimes European American, and sometimes biracial has a_______ identity.

A) transcendent
B) protean
C) border
D) marginal