Psychology 12:  Intro to African American Psychology

Quiz for February 26, 2008

Chapter 5 – Neighborhoods and Communities

 

Your Name: _________________________

 
  1. The authors of our text lean on Ferdinand Tonnies’ ideas of Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft to characterize communities.  ______ refers to our traditional, pre-industrial sense of community that emphasizes social relationships.
    1. Gemeinschaft
    2. Gesellschaft
    3. Primitive
    4. Social
    5. All of the above

 

  1. According to the text, there are many ways of defining neighborhoods.  African Americans are more likely to define their neighborhoods in terms of:
    1. Spatial boundaries/location
    2. Political boundaries
    3. Social relationships
    4. Economic relationships
    5. Religious institutions

 

  1. In the 2000 U.S. Census, African Americans comprised about what ___ percent of the total U.S. population.
    1. 2%
    2. 5%
    3. 13%
    4. 20%
    5. 33%

 

  1. Social disorganization theory makes the assumption that _____ is linked to limitations in a community’s social resources and capacity to meet the needs of its residents.
    1. Infant mortality
    2. Unemployment
    3. Criminality
    4. Teen pregnancy
    5. Welfare dependency

 

  1. Which of the following emphases may be viewed as a similarity of African psychology and community psychology?
    1. African philosophy
    2. Spirituality
    3. Ecological perspective
    4. Liberation ideology
    5. None of the above

 

  1. According to Leventhal and Brooks-Gunn (2000), “neighborhood effects” may be due to which of the following?
    1. Institutional resources
    2. Relationships
    3. Support networks
    4. Norms/collective efficacy
    5. All of the above

 

  1. Which of the following was NOT cited as a factor for the increasing concentration of poverty in African American low-income neighborhoods?
    1. Rising housing costs
    2. Gentrification
    3. New rings of poverty in older suburbs
    4. Lack of effective regional cooperation
    5. None of the above (they were all cited as factors)

 

  1. The “Plain Talk” intervention was been used to address
    1. Drug abuse
    2. Homicide
    3. Suicide
    4. Child abandonment
    5. Teen pregnancy

 

  1. The “Rust Belt” refers to
    1. The Pacific Northwest
    2. The Northeast & Midwest
    3. The Old South
    4. The West Coast
    5. None of the Above

 

  1. The idea that crime is more likely to occur in areas where the physical environment is disorganized and unkempt is known as the __________________ theory.