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19 Cards in this Set
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Race
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A socially constructed category of people who share biologically transmitted traits that members of a society consider important.
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Ethnicity
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A shared culture heritage. Religion, language, Homeland.
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Minority
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Identified by race, or ethnic group.
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Prejudice
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A regid and unfair generalization about an entire category of people.
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Stereotype
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a simplified description applied to every person in some category.
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Discrimination
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Unequal treatment of various categories of people. (Discrimination is closely related to prejudice)
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Racism
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the belief that one racial category is innately superior or inferior to another.
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Prejudice refers to what?
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Attitudes
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Discrimination is a matter of what?
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Action.(behavior)
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Four Theories of Prejudice
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Scapegoat, Authoritarian Personality, Cultural, Conflict
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Scapegoat Theory
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the idea that prejudice comes from frustration among people who are disadvantaged.
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Authoritarian Personality Theory
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The idea that being prejudice is a Personality Trait. An Authoritarian Personality is formed because of little education or by being raised that way by their parents.
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Cultural Theory
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the idea that prejudice is rooted by and part of culture.
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Conflict Theory
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a tool used by powerful people to divide and control the population
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4 Patterns of interaction
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Pluralism, Assimilation, Segregation, Genocide
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Pluralism
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A state in which people of all races are distinct but have equal social standing.
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Assimilation
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the process by which minorities gradually adopt pattens of the dominant culture.
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Segregation
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The physical and social separation of categories of people.
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Genocide
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The systematic killing of one category people by another.
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