Soc Test 1

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Sociology

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The study of groups of ppl

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Minority Group

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Small in number and in power (Usually aware)

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Minority Group Characteristics

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Less power, identifiable physical or cultural traits, ascribed status

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Ethnocentrism

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Belief that your way is the normal way

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Achieved Status

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A status that you gain over your lifetime

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Ascribed Status

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A status that you are born with

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Racial Group/ Ethnic Group

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R: Ppl sharing visible physical characteristics.
E: Ppl with a common religion, nationality, culture, or language

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Racism

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Cannot be measured because not the same views by everyone.
Judging someone because of a physical characteristic

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Racial Formation

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Putting people into categories because of racial characteristics

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Eurocentrism

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Valuing western Europe culture more than the rest of the world

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Functional Theory

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All parts of a society must work together to make a whole.
Ex: engine

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Conflict Theory

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Only a certain amount of resources, size of resources depend on others in power.
Ex: pie

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Interactionist Theory

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Labeling theory; stereotyping

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Culture

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The values, attitude, customs, beliefs, and habits shared between members of a society

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Material/Nonmaterial Culture

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M: an actual physical object that has meaning. EX: US flag
N: abstract meaning to someone. EX: freedom

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Thomal Theorem

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If people define situations as real, those situations become real in their consequences

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Persistent subculture

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Are not assimilated Ex: Indians/Amish

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Convergent Subculture

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Tend toward Assimilation Ex: Immigrants moving into US

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Cultural diffusion

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Culture changes through time with contact with people of different cultures

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Stratification

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A classification of members of society based on unequal distribution of resources
Ex: ladder

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Culture of Poverty

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If ppls parents didnt value money children will stay in welfare too by culture

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Cultural differentiation

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Group members have a noticeably different culture than mainstream culture

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Structural Differentiation

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Group members have same socioeconomic status that differs from dominant group

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Power differential theory

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Relative power switch through immigration and pressure on minority to assimilate
ex: our first settlers

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Internal colonialism theory

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A foreign power coming into a country and a dominate group taking over. Ex: Black ghettos being controlled from the outside

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Prejudice

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A system of beliefs, feelings, and action orientations regarding a certain group or groups of ppl

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What 4 factors create a social group?

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Ethnicity/Race; social class; urban/rural; regionalism

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Cognitive Level

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Beliefs and perceptions of a group as threatening or nonthreatening

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Emotional Level

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The feelings that a minority group arouses in an individual

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Action-orientation Level

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The positive or negative predisposition to engage in discriminatory behavior

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Discrimination

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The practice of differential and unequal treatment of others usually racial lines

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Authoritarian Personality

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Intolerance of weakness in themselves and in others

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Social Discrimination

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The creation of "social distance" between groups

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Institutional discrimination

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Unequal treatment in an institution ex: if a restaurant wont hire certain ppl

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Scapegoating

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Placing blame on others for something that is not their fault

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Stereotypes

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An oversimplified generalization attributing certain traits or characteristics to a group without regard to individual differences

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Ethnophaulisms

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A derogatory word or expression used to describe a racial or ethnic group

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Ethnic Humor

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Used to diffuse tension defining your own ethnic group

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Levels of discrimination

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Extermination; Physical Abuse; Exclusion; Avoidance; Verbal Expression

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Ingroup/Outgroup

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I:the group in which a person belongs, identifies, feels loyalty
O: Vices

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Affirmative Action

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In law regarding reluctance to use "race-conscious remedies"

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Racial Profiling

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Belief that Individuals of a particular group are more likely to engage in illegal activity

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Minority responses

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Avoidance, Defiance, Deviance, Acceptance

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Negative self-image

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Causes people or groups to believe themselves inferior

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Cumulative causation/Vicious circle

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Prejudice creates discrimination which creates prejudice

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Middleman minority

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still considered minority but unliked by the poor minority

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Dominant group responses

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Segregation, Mass expulsion, Xenophobia, hate crimes

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Defacto/de jure segregation

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F: Not a law segregation
J: Law segregation (Amish schools)

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Xenophobia

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Extreme fear of a certain group

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Hate crimes

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Prosecuted for racist motivation for ___

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Split-labor market

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Employers keep wages down to keep profits up (hire minorities)

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Assimilation

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A+B+C=D

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Amalgamation (fusion)

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A+B+C=D
Ex: making a cake

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Pluralism

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A+B+C=A+B+C
Ex: making a salad