Sociology Exam 3

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Marx's social class classification

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Those who own the means of production (capitalists) and those who don't (workers)

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Weber's social class classification

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A large group of people who rank close in property, power and prestige

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Updating Marx

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1. Capitalists

2. Petty bourgeoisie

3. Managers

4. Workers

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Updating weber

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1. Capitalist

2. Upper middle class

3. Lower middle class

4. Working

5. Working poor

6. Underclass

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Types of social mobility

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1. Intergenerational mobility

2. Structural mobility

3. Exchange mobility

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Intergenerational mobility

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Change that family members make in social class from one generation to next

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Upward social mobility

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Movement up social class ladder

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Downward social mobility

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Movement down social class ladder

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Structural mobility

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Movement up or down based on structure of society rather than individuals

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Race

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A group whose inherited physical characteristics distinguish it from other groups

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Ethnicity

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Having distinct cultural characteristics

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Minority group

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People who are singled out for unequal treatment and who regard themselves as objects of collective discrimination

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The myth of race

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The idea of ppl believing one race is superior to another

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Majority/dominant group

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Group with the most power, greatest privileges and highest social status

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Prejudice

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An attitude or prejudging, usually in a negative way

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Discrimination

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An act of unfair treatment directed against an individual or a group

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Individual discrimination

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Person-to-person or face-to-face discrimination; the negative treatment of people by other individuals

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Institutional discrimination (a.k.a. Systemic discrimination)

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Negative treatment of a minority group that is built into a society's institutions

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Exchange mobility

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A large number of ppl move up and down the social class ladder, as if they exchanged places

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Poverty line

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Income less than 3x a low-cost food budget

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Horatio Alger myth

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Because of having limitless opportunities, anybody can do what they want if they work hard enough

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What sociologist defined the minority group?

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Louis wirth

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Interviewer of neo-nazi skinheads

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Michael kimmel

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Interviewer of female KKK

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Kathleen Blee

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Contact theory

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Prejudice and negative stereotypes will decrease and relations will improve if ppl from different backgrounds interact

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Creators of implicit association test

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Mahzarin Banaji and Anthony Greenwald

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1) Who did study on prejudice towards other racial groups?

2) what did the study conclude?

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1) Eugene Hartley

2) a. Prejudice doesn't depend on negative experiences with others

b. People who are prejudiced against one racial group tend to be prejudiced towards other groups

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Who did study on racism with KKK and nazis and wrote the book The Racist Mind?

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Raphael Ezekiel (Jew)

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Who:

- termed the phrase authoritarian personality

- ran study on ethnocentrism, anti-semitism and support for authoritarian leaders

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Theodor Adorno

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Split labor market

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Workers are split up by race/ethnicity, age, gender, etc; weakens their bargaining power

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Reserve labor force

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The unemployed; hired when needed, fired when not

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Compartmentalize

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To separate acts from feelings or attitudes

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Direct population transfer

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When a dominant group expels a minority group

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Indirect population transfer

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Making life so miserable that members of a minority group leave voluntarily

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Internal colonialism

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The policy of exploiting minority groups for economic gain

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W.A.S.P

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- White Anglo-Saxon Protestant

- held deep prejudice against other whites

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Assimilation

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The process of being absorbed into the mainstream culture

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Who coined the term power elite?

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Wright mills

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Prestige

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Linked to occupational status

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Who developed the updated Marx model?

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Erik Wright

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Who developed the updated Weber classifications?

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Kahl and Gilbert

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Proposition 209 (1996)

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Made it illegal to give preference to minorities and women in hiring, promotion and college admissions

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Functionalists explanation of prejudice

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Stress benefits and costs that come from discrimination

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Conflict theorists

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Look at how groups in power exploit racial divisions to control workers and remain powerful

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Symbolic interactionists explanation of prejudcie

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Stress how labels create selective perception and self-fulfilling prophecies

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What are latinos divided by?

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Social class and country of origin

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Psychologists explanation of prejudice

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Stress authoritarian personality and frustration placed toward scapegoats