5.1.2 Population Studies Part 4

Question 1

What are gender expressions?

Answer 1

external manifestations of gender roles

Question 2

What is the gender schema theory?

Answer 2

study of how gender beliefs become socialized in society

Question 3

What is the definition of sexism?

Answer 3

prejudice or discrimination against a person based on gender or sex

Question 4

What is the definition of race?

Answer 4

description of distinct social groups based on certain shared characteristics

Question 5

What is the definition of ethnicity?

Answer 5

cultural rather than biological and are distinct from nationalities

Question 6

What is ethnogenesis?

Answer 6

social process that results in the created of separate ethnicities

Question 7

What is the definition of racism?

Answer 7

prejudices and actions that discriminate based on race or hold one race inferior to another

Question 8

What is the racial formation perspective?

Answer 8

race is seen as a complex and fluid social construct enforced through both micro and macro level social processes

Question 9

What is racialization?

Answer 9

social process in which the dominant group archives racial or ethnic identities, perceived or real, to groups that do not otherwise relate to the labels

Question 10

What are the three main sexual orientations?

Answer 10

heterosexual
homosexual
biexual

Question 11

What is heterosexism?

Answer 11

prejudice or discrimination against a person based on their sexual orientation toward the same sex

Question 12

What are heteronormative beliefs?

Answer 12

often enforce strict gender roles and involve prejudice and discrimination against non-heterosexual individuals

Question 13

What is the American Dream?

Answer 13

ideological construct that offers individuals the opportunities for happiness and success with the proper amount of determination

Question 14

What are immigration controls?

Answer 14

formal policies that define and regulate who has the right to settle in an area