Sociology Test 2

Front 1

define ideology

Back 1

a shared belief that hold power and reinforces oppression by justifying it.

Front 2

define internalized oppression

Back 2

causes people of a subordinate group to believe the distorted messages of the dominant group about their racial group; the belief by radicalized individuals that derogatory messages or negative stereotypes about them are true.

Front 3

1. define clarks doll theory

2. who conducted the clarks doll theory

Back 3

1. was an experiment that used dolls to illustrate the effects of segregation and internalized oppression on African American children.

2. Kenneth and Mamie Clark

Front 4

define defensive othering

Back 4

includes the actions performed by those seeking acceptance in a dominant group that involves distancing themselves from other members of their subordinate group

Front 5

define blepharoplasty

Back 5

is a surgical procedure that involves creating a permanent crease in the eyelid making the eyelids of Asians look more like the eyelids of White people.

Front 6

definemanifest destiny

Back 6

the idea that White Canadian and Americans had the God given right to own all land in north america between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans

Front 7

defineemployment equity

Back 7

passed in 1986 applies to the government of Canada as an employer and all employees who contract with the government of Canada to help minorities and people with disabilities, aboriginal people and women achieve the opportunities that have historically belonged to the white males by providing jobs and access to schools

Front 8

define reverse discrimination

Back 8

denotes the idea that non radicalized people experience institutional discrimination and that cannot be played by anyone other than a member of the ethno-racial group

Front 9

define racial requirements

Back 9

denotes acting roles that are written with a specific race or ethnic group in mind and cannot be played by anyone other than a member of that ethnic group

Front 10

define negritude

Back 10

an ideological movement that was formed in the 1930s France calling for the self-affirmation of blacks and for a positive Black identify for people of African heritage

Front 11

define social stratification

Back 11

is the disparity between the earning power and wealth a accumulation of one group when compared to another group

Front 12

define cumulative discrimination

Back 12

is the systematic discriminatory progress that occurs over a period of time and throughout a lifetime of an individual

Front 13

define wealth/Assets

Back 13

the accumulation of goods and resources ad the control of such goods and resources

Front 14

definewages and earnings

Back 14

the income a person receives through work and other means

Front 15

1. define cultural capital

2. who coined cultural capital (person)

Back 15

includes the cultural signals such as styles, linguistic skills, attitudes, and taste to which individuals of racial and ethnic groups are exposed and make it more difficult to become an accepted part of higher status societal structures. (i.e. without proper linguistic skills a person educational progress is limited)

2. Pierre Bourdieau

Front 16

Who was Pratik Loda and Eman Ahmed-Muhsin?

what did they create?

Back 16

two graduate students from Carleton who won a Nobel prize for gene-silencing technology for creating a skin lightening product deemed unethical

Front 17

define life chances

Back 17

denotes that where people live, the health they receive, food they eat and access to education

Front 18

define cultural universals

Back 18

social practices present in all societies

Front 19

define slavery

Back 19

is a social system where one group of people treats another group as their personal property.

Front 20

Typesof Stratification:

1. define: Slavery (slave masters and slaves)

2. define: Estate System (Nobles and Serfs)

Back 20

1. strata masters (top) slaves (bottom)

2. strata nobles (top) peasants/serfs (bottom) practices in the middle age

Front 21

caste system (popular in Hindu society): who is what?

Brahmins

Kayasthas

VaishyasSudras

untouchables

Back 21

Brahmins: priest

Kayasthas warriors and land owners

Vaishyas: traders

Sudras: servile laborers

untouchables: clean toilets and remove garbage

Front 22

what is the Davis Moore thesis?

Back 22

states that in order to get people to invest time and resources into obtaining important positions these positions must carry greater rewards than others.

Front 23

what is the estate system?

Back 23

a practice that was established in the middle age Europe where there were 2 stratas Nobels on top who owed land and Peasant/serfs on the bottom.

Front 24

define Case system

Back 24

a Hindu religious stratification system where social position is ascribed to the individual by birth and social mobility is nonexistent between different casts

Front 25

define class system

Back 25

the most modern type of stratification where there is social mobility between strata and an individuals social position is determined by his or her own achievement independent of social origin

Front 26

define class

Back 26

a persons standing with regards to a number of factors including education level, income, occupation and position is society in comparison to others

Front 27

define Meritocracy

Back 27

is a system where rewards are assigned on the basis of a persons merit education skill training and talent

Front 28

define transformative assets

Back 28

resources that give people better access to socioeconomic mobility

Front 29

define inheritence

Back 29

is the transfer of goods that were unused in one generation onto the next

Front 30

define inter-generational mobility

Back 30

denotes the experience of social mobility between generations

Front 31

define Gini coefficient

Back 31

the statistical measure of inequality ranging from 0 (equality) to 1 (total inequality)

the higher the Gini coefficient the greater the level of inequality in society

Front 32

define cultural poverty

Back 32

is a concept that explains the cycle of poverty that exist over generations that suggest particular lifestyles and behaviors are transmitted through generations that perpetuate poverty

Front 33

define split labor theory

Back 33

is a theory that suggest social structure not individual preference is responsible for economic inequalities

Front 34

define Marxist theory of discrimination

Back 34

a theory that argues that discriminatory practices benefit employers but not non-radicalized workers

Front 35

define sedimentation

Back 35

is the idea that racial economic inequalities has layers of structural disadvantages embedded into it.

Front 36

define health inequality

Back 36

refers to the differences in the quality of health care and achievements of various individuals and groups in a society

Front 37

define health

Back 37

is a state of being free of disease physical pain and while also being mentally and physically and spiritually stable

Front 38

1. define wealth Gap

2. what is the difference in life expectancy?

Back 38

1. is the difference in income between the richest people ad the poorest person in a society

2. there is a discrepancy of 7.4 years for men and 4.9 for women

they have poor diet consume less nutritious foods prone to anemia

Front 39

define health gap

Back 39

is the difference between the healthiest and the sickest people in a society

Front 40

define cultural competence

Back 40

is the ability and willingness of a system to accommodate culture when delivering services to all communities in a population

ex: linguistic competence involves the ability and willingness to communicate with those who have limited literary skills, are deaf, cognitively impaired of physically impaired.

Front 41

define environmental racism

give example

Back 41

is a behavior that involves a particular radial or ethnic group of people experiencing unequal exposure to environmental hazards

for example low income families are more likely to live near highways non whites are likely to live near toxic landfills

Aboriginal people have been subjected to gradual dislocated from their natural environments for the last 500 years

Front 42

social health group inequalities:Aboriginal people

Back 42

1. rate ofinjury, diabetes and infectious diseases are higher than Canadian average

1in 5 adult are diagnosed with diabetes which is 4 times higher than nationalaverage·

The rate of FirstNations youth suicide (age 10-19) is 4.3 times higher than national average·

Suiciderate for Inuit regions is 17.9 times higher than the national average.

Front 43

list some aboriginal health barriers (location, education lifestyle)

Back 43

location: living on average +100 kilometer from a physician, less than 17% of family physicians practice in rural areas, there is is a lack of education in rural areas and people tend to smoke and drink alcohol.

Front 44

social health group inequalities: immigrant communities

Back 44

SouthAsians are 3 times more likely to develop type 2 diabetes than EuropeanCanadians (12%-15% vs. 3%-5%)·

Rate ofcancer is higher among immigrants from Northeast and Southeast Asia·

Refugeewomen of 45-50 yrs of age have higher rate of cervical cancer – few pap smearscreening·

Fewmammogram