soc 101 final

Question 1

-describes the process whereby which a person moves from primary to secondary deviance in a step-wise manner
-the step-wise process whereby which the state confers a “deviant label” upon the individual
-the likelihood of being successfully labeled

Answer 1

howard becker’s labeling theory (symbolic interactionalists/social psychologists)

Question 2

(good): release
(bad): citation
(bad): arrest

Answer 2

getting caught

Question 3

(good): DA decides not to bring charges
(bad): citation
(bad): arrest

Answer 3

arraignment

Question 4

(good): public identification avoided
(bad): identified in newspaper/TV

Answer 4

public identification in the media

Question 5

(good): mistrial/hung jury, case dropped
(bad): case retried
(good): acquittal
(bad): conviction
(good): suspended sentence, probation
(bad): incarcerated

Answer 5

trial

Question 6

socially constructed category of persons linked together on the basis of external appearance & are often singled out as inferior/superior

Answer 6

race

Question 7

linked together by cultural characteristics & or by nationality

Answer 7

ethnic group

Question 8

racial categories vary

Answer 8

basis of hierarchial ranking

Question 9

when people believe something is real, they behave as though its real

Answer 9

thomas theorem

Question 10

a negative attitude based on faulty generalizations about members of selected racial & ethnic groups

Answer 10

prejudice

Question 11

faulty generalizations incorrect characteristics of all members in a specific category, application of least favorable aspects of a small # within an entire group

Answer 11

stereotypes

Question 12

the belief that one specific racial category is superior while all others are inferior

Answer 12

racism

Question 13

justification of existing/desired set of power relations, justifies unequal distribution of resources to different groups

Answer 13

ideology

Question 14

extent to which a person is willing to form relationships within other racial/ethnic groups other than their own

Answer 14

social distance (emory bogardus)

Question 15

short series of ?s at the end of a survey that measures social distance

Answer 15

social distance scale

Question 16

actions & practices of dominant group members that harmfully impact members of subordinate, racial & ethnic groups

Answer 16

discrimination

Question 17

killing a large # of people from a particular nation/ethnic group w/ aim to destroy these groups

Answer 17

genocide (the most severe type of discrimination)

Question 18

to make certain ethnic groups leave the country (w/ terrorizing/violence) 1996

Answer 18

ethnic cleansing

Question 19

acts & practices by large organizations/institutions that harmfully impact members of subordinate racial/ethnic groups & or their proprety

Answer 19

institutional/structural discrimination

Question 20

a person w/ another person who says something racially discriminative & doesn’t stand up for it

Answer 20

passive discrimination

Question 21

prejudice but doesn’t discriminate

Answer 21

prejudice non-discriminator

Question 22

who are the biggest minority group?

Answer 22

women

Question 23

when frustrated in attempts to achieve important goals & objectives, people will respond w/ hostility & or aggression towards a scapegoat

Answer 23

frustration-aggression hypothesis

Question 24

a person/group least capable of resiting hostility & or aggression of others (person blamed for something they didn’t do)

Answer 24

scapegoat

Question 25

when you’re born, you acquire your sense of self not born w/ it

Answer 25

social learning theory

Question 26

how do children learn prejudice?

Answer 26

from their parents, teachers, peers, mass media (through contact w/ others)

Question 27

people tend to be racially prejudiced (rigid stereotypic thinking)

Answer 27

authoritarian personality