Awc Soc Test 3

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List, define and give an example of the three basic assimilation patterns (pg 242)

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Anglo-conformity
Anglo is a prefix indicating an American of English descent, so immigration minority must conform and, by implication, either give up or suppress its own values. People want laws passed to make English the official language.

Melting pot-All ethnic and racial minorities blend together. Sociologists are now using the term “tossed salad” where traditions and cultures exist side by side. the United States was once thought of as a melting pot but since various cultures can be seen and heard we are better off thought of as a tossed salad ourselves as each piece of the salad can be distinguished from one another.

Cultural Pluralism-The accommodated minority learns to deal with the dominant culture when necessary, but remains independent in language and culture. Cubans in Miami and cultural gatherings and festivals. The Amish people.

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List, define and give an example of the 4 patterns of conflict (pg 242-43)

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de jure subjugation-segregation by law-schools for black and schools for white children.

de facto subjugation-segregation by fact or circumstance. Schools built based on the local children in neighborhoods.

Population transfer-Is another way in which a society dominates a minority. Minority is forced either to move to a remote location or to leave entirely the territory controlled by the majority. Native Americans.

Genocide-Most tragic expression of dominance. Refers to politically motivated mass murder of most or all of targeted population. Germany, Jews and Hitler.

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List, define and give an example of the 6 functions of the family (pg 309-12)

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It provides the initial learning experiences that make people human.

It generally provides a supportive and loving atmosphere that fulfills basic human social and emotional needs. Giving child encouragement when needed.

It is the only legitimate source of reproduction for a society. Farming families having a large amount of children for "slave labor".

It regulates sexual activity. Daughter going on the "pill". Telling child about the "birds and the bees". Children learn more about sex with their peers than at home with parents.

It places people in a social class at birth. Preparing child for employment ahead of time to succeed in life.

The family serves an important economic function. Teaching child how to budget, pay bills etc....

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List, define and give an example of the 5 functions of education (pg 349-50)

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Cultural transmission- way a group of people within a society or culture tend to learn and pass on new information.
Teaching children how to be competitive in life by team sports, grades etc....

Social integration-degree to which an individual feels connected to the other people in his or her group or community
. ESL classes.

Selection and screening of talent
. Testing children, placing them in classes or grades based oin their achievements. SAT tests

Promotion of personal growth and development
. Creative classes like art, theater, or various activities that enable children to learn and grow.

Dissemination, preservation and creation of knowledge

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Race (pg 239)

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Category of people who allegedly share certain biologically inherited physical characteristics that are considered socially important with a society.

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Assimilation (pg 242)

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Processes whereby group with distinctive identities become culturally and socially fused together.

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Prejudice (pg 243)

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Refers to widely held preconceptions of a group (minority or majority) and its individual members.

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Discrimination (pg 244)

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Refers to unequal treatment.

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Manumission

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The act of a slave owner freeing his or her slaves. Different approaches developed, each specific to the time and place of a society's slave system.

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Gender identity (pg 276)

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An awareness of being masculine or feminine based on culture.

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Gender (pg 276)

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The expectations and behaviors associated with a sex category within a society.

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Educational equality (pg 354-55)

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Exists when schooling produces the same results, achievements and attitudes, for lower-class and minority children.

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Plessy v. Ferguson (pg 354)

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1896 Supreme Court decision made “separate but equal” part of America’s legal framework.
Held that African Americans and whites would have substantially equal facilities even when these facilities were separate.

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Brown v. Board of Education (of Topeka) (pg 354)

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Brown v. Board of Education (of Topeka) (pg 354)
In 1954, Chief Justice Earl Warren wrote, as part of the Court’s opinion, that separate but equal doctrine had no place in public educational structure and that separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.
That because a school is segregated, but has everything physically equaled to a white school, the black children are being deprived of equal educational opportunities.

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Sexism (pg 287)

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A set of beliefs, norms and values used to justify sexual inequality.
Men are naturally superior to women.

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Nuclear Family (pg 305)

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Smallest group of individuals that can legitimately be called a family.
Mom, dad and child.
Also known as conjugal family, but not always synonymous.

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Neolocal (pg307)

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A married couple establishes a new residence of its own.

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Exogamy (pg 307)

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Mate selection norms requiring individuals to marry someone outside their kind or social group as required by custom or law.

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Endogamy (pg308)

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Is the practice of marrying within a specific ethnic group, class, or social group as required by custom or law.

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Homogamy (pg 308)

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Tendency to marry someone similar to oneself based on personal preference and marriage between individuals who are, in some culturally important way, similar to each other. The mating of like with like.

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Polyandry (pg309)

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The marriage of one woman to two or more men at the same time.

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Cohabitation (pg 329)

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Living with someone in a marriage like arrangement without the legal obligations and responsibilities of formal marriage.

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Tracking (pg380)

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Placing students in curricula consistent with the school’s expectations for the students eventual occupations.

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Meritocracy (pg351-54)

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Social status is based on ability and achievement rather than social class or parental status.

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Hidden curriculum (pg 359)

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Transmit to children a variety of nonacademic values, norms, beliefs, and attitudes.

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Monogamy (pg309)

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Widely practiced marriage of one man to only one woman.

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Family of orientation (pg 305)

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The family a person is born into or the family of birth.
You get the father’s last name traditionally.