chapter 1: the study of minorities Flashcards
What is structual functional theory?
Is the sociological theory that looks at how society is organized to perform its required functions effectively.
Is structual theory the oldest sociological theory?
yes
What is structual also used by?
anthropologists
What is the conflict theory?
Emphasize the dominance of some social groups.
What do conflict theory and functionalist theory have in common?
There examining the dominance revolution and they both add up to macro.
What is symbolic interactionalism?
It’s examining everyday individuals and is based on the idea that social reality is constructed in eachhuman.
who was symbolic interactionalism coined by?
Herbert blumer in 1937
What is race?
It’s a social conquest, among humans there are no races except the human race.
Is there biological bases?
no
what is ethnicity?
People thought to have a common ancestry who share a distinctive culture.
In greek what is the word ethnicity translated by?
nation
what are the minority group characteristics?
physically
differential treatment
differential power
group awareness
