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19 Cards in this Set
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#1 Q
The term for any category of people who share some common physical characteristic(s) and are regarded by themselves and others as a distinct status group |
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RACE [RACIAL GROUP] |
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#2 Q
The term for a group of people who are recognized as distinct based upon cultural characteristics (e.g., religion or ancestry) |
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ETHNIC GROUP |
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#3 Q
In the U.S., this is true of most discrimination on the basis of sex, religion, or physical handicap |
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It is illegal |
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#4 Q
The term for when, for example, hispanic home-buyers are shown houses in mostly hispanic neighborhoods, while people of other racial or ethic groups are shown houses in racially mixed neighborhoods |
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RACIAL STEERING |
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#5 Q
The term for when, for example, an elementary school hires only females because they fear that parents expect instructors to be "nurturing" and only females can fulfill this "requirement" |
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INSTITUTIONAL SEXISM |
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#6 Q
This is true of AFFIRMATIVE ACTION |
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It is defined as a special effort by employers to increase the number of minority (including female) employees, or to upgrade those employees' positions |
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#7 Q
This is the term that Adorno used to describe the type of personality associated with PREJUDICE |
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AUTHORITARIAN personality |
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#8 Q
This is the term for when PREJUDICED persons exaggerate the faults of minority groups while denying or minimizing their own faults |
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PROJECTION |
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#9 Q
This is the theory that applies to a process in which people become PREJUDICED by growing up in PREJUDICED environments at home where they learn PREJUDICE from their significant others |
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SOCIAL LEARNING THEORY |
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#10 Q
This is what Conflict Theorists contend that causes racial or ethnic inequality |
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One group benefits from subjugating other group(s) |
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#11 Q
When Sean does not openly express his racist or PREJUDICED ideas, yet he opposes any social policy that would reduce social inequality, his behavior illustrates this form of PREJUDICE |
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SYMBOLIC RACISM |
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#12 Q
This is the most common perspective/approach among modern sociologists who study racial and ethnic relations |
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Conflict perspective |
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#13 Q
List three Conflict theories of INTERGROUP RELATIONS identified in the text |
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Conflict theories: 1) INTERNAL COLONIALISM 2) SPLIT-LABOR-MARKET 3) MARXIST |
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#14 Q
This Conflict theory of INTERGROUP RELATIONS contends that majority group workers generally receive higher paying jobs while minority group workers receive lower paying jobs in the U.S. |
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SPLIT-LABOR-MARKET |
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#15 Q
This is the group that the text identifies as occupying an INTERMEDIATE STATUS between a minority group and a majority group |
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ASIAN AMERICANS |
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#16 Q
This is the INTERGROUP RELATIONS theory that emphasizes competition, economic motives and unequal power |
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SPLIT-LABOR-MARKET |
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#17 Q
This is the term for a type of ASSIMILATION that occurs when a minority group is required to adopt the culture of the majority group |
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FORCED ASSIMILATION |
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#18 Q
The "majority group" in the U.S. consists of these groups of people |
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Whites from northern and western Europe |
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#19 Q
This is what William Julius Wilson stated in his book, "The Truly Disadvantaged", regarding the cause of the disadvantages currently experienced by poor African Americans and Hispanics in the U.S. |
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Changes in the job market |