Constructs Exam Review

Question 1

a stratification system comprised of ones social position relative to their socioeconomic status

Answer 1

social class

Question 2

movement within and between social strata

Answer 2

social mobility

Question 3

money received over some period of time

Answer 3

income

Question 4

total value of material assets at a period of time

Answer 4

wealth

Question 5

a minimum level of subsistence that no family should be expected to live below

Answer 5

absolute poverty

Question 6

social status gained by effort and ability

Answer 6

meritocracy

Question 7

combines education, income and occupation

Answer 7

socioeconomic status

Question 8

biological differences between males and females

Answer 8

sex

Question 9

those whose gender identity differs from the sex assigned to them at birth

Answer 9

transgender

Question 10

normative expressions and cultural expectations based on being masculine/male or feminine/female bodied

Answer 10

gender roles

Question 11

the internal state of ones sense of their gender

Answer 11

gender identity

Question 12

the idea that ones gender, race, class, sexuality and ethnicity are connected and effects identity and social outcomes

Answer 12

intersectionality

Question 13

categories of people to whom are attracted to sexually

Answer 13

sexual orientation

Question 14

the view that opposite sex couples are the norm and other expressions are deviant or abnormal

Answer 14

heteronormativity

Question 15

invisible barrier that blocks the promotion of qualified individuals based on sex, race, ethnicity and ableism

Answer 15

glass ceiling

Question 16

the grouping of individuals based on racial categories

Answer 16

racial classification

Question 17

presumed cultural differences between groups of people that create subgroups within a population

Answer 17

ethnicity

Question 18

societies denial of rights and opportunities to marginalized groups as a normal practice

Answer 18

institutional discrimination

Question 19

a preconceived unfair notion or judgement on an individual based on their group membership

Answer 19

prejudice

Question 20

the unconscious, automatic association, usually negative, based on ones value on a group or individual

Answer 20

implicit bias

Question 21

the principle that race neutrality perpetuates an unequal status quo

Answer 21

colorblind ideology

Question 22

criminal offense committed based on ones race, sexual orientation, gender, religion, national origin or ethnicity

Answer 22

hate crime

Question 23

tendency to assume that ones own culture is superior

Answer 23

ethnocentrism

Question 24

a statement, action or incident that is often subtle or unintended that discriminates against a marginalized group

Answer 24

microaggression