Sociology 1 Final

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Ethnicity

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cultural values and norms that distinguish the members of a given group from others.

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race

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differences in human physical characteristics used to categorize large numbers of individuals

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theory of racial formation

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the process by which social, economic, and political forces determine the content and importance of racial categories.

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racialization

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the process by which understandings of race are used to classify individuals or groups of people. Racial distinctions are more than ways of describing human differences; they are also important factors in the reproduction of patterns of power and inequality.

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scientific racism

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The use of scientific research tor data to justify or reify beliefs about the superiority or inferiority of particular racial groups. Much of the "data" used to justify such claims are flawed or biased.

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racism

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The attribution of characteristics of superiority or inferiority to a population sharing certain physically inherited characteristics.

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institutional racism

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Patterns of discrimination based on ethnicity that have become structured into existing social institutions.

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prejudice

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the holding of preconceived ideas about an individual or group, ideas that are resistant to change even in the face of new information.

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Discrimination

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Behavior that denies to the members of a particular group resources or rewards that can be obtained by others.

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stereotype

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a fixed and inflexible category.

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displacement

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the transferring of ideas or emotions from their true source to another object.

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scapegoat

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an individual or group blamed for wrongs that were not of their doing.

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dominant group

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opposite of a minority

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assimilation

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the acceptance of a minority group by a majority population in which the new group takes on the values and norms of the dominant culture

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pluralism

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a model for ethnic relations in which all ethnic groups in a society retain their independent and separate identities, yet share equally int he rights and powers of citizenship.

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multiculturalism

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the viewpoint according to which ethnic groups can exist separately and share equally in economic and political life.

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refugee

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a person who has fled his or her home due to a political, economic, or natural crisis

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emmigration

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the movement of people out of one country in order to settle another.

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diaspora

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the dispersal of an ethnic population from an original homeland into foreign areas, often in a forced manner or under traumatic circumstances

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tracking

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dividing students into groups based on ability

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hidden curriculum

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traits or behavior or attitudes that are learned at school but not included within the formal curriculum ex: gender differences

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profane

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that which belongs to the mundane, everyday world.

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sect

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religious movement that breaks away from orthodoxy

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collective bargaining

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the rights of employees and workers to negotiate with their employers for basic rights and benefits.

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politics

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the means by which power is employed to influence the nature and content of governmental activities

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sovereignty

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the undisputed political rule of a state over a given territorial area

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franchise

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the right to vote

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occupation

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any form of paid employment

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alienation

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the sense that our own abilities as human beings are taken over by other entities.

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conurbation

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an agglomeration of towns or cities into an unbroken urban environment

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megalopolis

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the "city of all cities" in ancient Greece--used in modern times to refer to a very large conurbation