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Chapter 10 Flashcards

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Summarize the term “prejudice”

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  • an incorrect attitude towards an individual/social group
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Summarize the term “discrimination”

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  • it can be divided into 3 groups; racial, age, and gender discrimination
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Briefly describe racial discrimination

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  • a system in place to keep lower classes (usually of colour) from having the same rights as the upper class
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4
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An invisible line seperating different groups through age is known as…

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Age discrimination

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A certain standard that separates men from women depending on physical and mental ability is known as…

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Gender discrimination

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Who is Saul McLeod and what were his 4 explanations for discrimination and prejudice?

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  1. Authoritarian Personality (racist parents)
  2. The realistic conflict theory (Muzafer Sherif)
  3. Stereotyping
  4. Social Identity theory (Henri Tajfel)
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Fill in the blanks:

(blank) identified the (blank) personality. People with this “condition” are more highly (blank) than others.

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  • Theodor Adorno

- prejudice

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According to Adorno’s conclusion what is authoritarian personality a result of?

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It is a result of cold, biased and discriminating parents who were strict on their children

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True or False:
Young people who are educated, of higher class and cultured are more likely to be authoritarian.
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False- older, un-educated people are more likely to be authoritarian

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10
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What famous expirement did psychologist Muzafer Sherif conduct?

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The robbers cave experiment

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What was the leading factor to the robbers cave experiment?

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competition for limited resources

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True or false:

Henri Tajfel created the social identity theory

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True

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13
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What are the 3 main explanation for prejudice?

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  1. Stereotyping
  2. Ignorance
  3. Fear
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What do functionalists believe about prejudice and discrimination?

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Functionalists argue that discrimination happens when they are functional/serve a purpose (i.e. Nazis promoting anti-Semitism/seperation from the Jewish)

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Fill in the blanks:

blank) believe that discrimination and prejudice are a result of (blank

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  • Conflict theorists

- Capitalism

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16
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Brielfy explain symbolic interactionists

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They study how steretypes affect discrimination. They believe that labelling makes people blind to other ideas.

17
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True or False:

Government policies can create discrimination and exclusion

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True

18
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What did the Indian Act (1876) created by the government exclude Aboriginals from?

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It excluded them from mainstream society, didn’t give them the right to vote, restricted their traditional practices

19
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What was the purpose of the Indian act?

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To help assimilate natives into non-aboriginal society and to change their religion

20
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List 3 facts about residential schools

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  • many children were exposed to physical and sexual abuse
  • these schools were run by the government and the church
  • the goals was to strip aboriginals from their culture
21
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What process is making aboriginal communities extinct?

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The Indian act does not allow aboriginal women to keep their status if they marry a non-aboriginal

22
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True or false:
Indigenous women make up 5.2 percent of the Canadian population and account for 20 percent of female homicide and 10 percent of missing women.

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False- they make up 4.3 % of population, account for 16% of female homicide and 11.3% of missing women

23
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Fill in the blanks:
(Blank) and (blank) are two behaviours that involve helping others. Even if there is an award for helping other that is not the motive.

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  • altruism

- heroism

24
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Define altruism

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Behaviour in which a person voluntarily gives more time for others than themselves without reward

25
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What is the process of dehumanization?

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Dehumanization is when people no longer see other as humans but as objects

26
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What are the 3 factors that make the Tahitians non-violent?

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  1. Co-operation, everything is shared
  2. Adoption is encouraged to help families
  3. Children were socialized to be non-violent
27
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What are 3 high costs of violence to victims?

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  • victims are affected physically and mentally
  • family members blame themselves
  • high costs of therapy
28
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What do anthropologists believe create violence?

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They believe a persons culture creates violent behaviour

29
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True or false:

Sociologists believe violence is linked to the interaction b/t individuals and certain factors in society

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True

30
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Fill in the blanks:
Dr Spratt & Dr (blank) conclude that aggressive children are (blank) happy than others. Their anger does not stem from a feeling of (blank) over others.

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  • Doob
  • less
  • superiority

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