soc exam 4

Question 1

race

Answer 1

physical attributes of a person that causes them to be singled out

Question 2

ethnicity

Answer 2

where you are from

Question 3

ethnic group

Answer 3

collection of people distinguished, by others or by themselves primarily on the basis of cultural or national characteristics

Question 4

ethnic enclave

Answer 4

people interacting with others in their ethnic group and feel a sense of identity

Question 5

examples of an ethnic enclave

Answer 5

China town, little Italy USA

Question 6

minority group

Answer 6

group of people that have a lack of power within a society

Question 7

majority group

Answer 7

group of people who hold high percentage of population

Question 8

racism

Answer 8

using physical attributes as a basis of treating a group to be inferior or superior

Question 9

brown v board of education

Answer 9

no separate but equal in schools

Question 10

frustration-aggression hypothesis/ scapegoat theory

Answer 10

people who are frustrated in their efforts to achieve a highly desired goal will respond with patterns of aggression toward others

Question 11

scapegoat

Answer 11

group of people who are unfairly blamed for problems of others

Question 12

authoritarian personality

Answer 12

Some individuals, because of the way they are raised, developed a personality that is excessive adherence to authority

Question 13

individual discrimination

Answer 13

one on one acts of discrimination

Question 14

small group discrimination

Answer 14

small-group of people in power, discriminate against people who do not have power

Question 15

assimilaiton

Answer 15

process by which members of subordinate racial and ethnic groups become absorbed into the dominant culture

Question 16

ethnic pluralism

Answer 16

coexistence of a variety of distinct racial and ethnic groups within one society

Question 17

caste perspective

Answer 17

racial and ethnic inequality as a permanent feature of U.S. society

Question 18

class perspective

Answer 18

emphasize the role of capitalist class in racial exploitaiton

Question 19

list the conflict perspectives on race and ethnic relations

Answer 19

caste perspective
class perspective

Question 20

affirmative action

Answer 20

positive efforts to recruit individuals from previously discriminated groups

Question 21

feminism

Answer 21

the belief that men and women should have equal rights and be treated equally

Question 22

what was the first wave of feminism

Answer 22

women liberation movement- getting voting rights for women

Question 23

what is the second wave of the feminism movement

Answer 23

women have the right to have the same careers as men

Question 24

sex

Answer 24

biological differences between males and females

Question 25

gender

Answer 25

culturally and socially construction of sex that does not actually involve biology

Question 26

when did women gain the right to vote

Answer 26

in 1920 with the 19th amendment

Question 27

glass ceiling

Answer 27

invisible barrier of which less minorities and women are able to get promoted

Question 28

glass escalator

Answer 28

invisible advantage that men have when going into predominately women occupations

Question 29

title IX (9)

Answer 29

law that makes it illegal to segregate on the basis of sex, in institutions that get federal aid

Question 30

segregation

Answer 30

social separation of categories of people

Question 31

de facto segregation

Answer 31

segregation by custom and practice

Question 32

de jure segregation

Answer 32

segregation based on law

Question 33

ethnocentrism

Answer 33

process we judge cultures based on our own culture

Question 34

stereotype

Answer 34

overgeneralization of characteristics of a group of people

Question 35

discrimination

Answer 35

actions that prevent others from having full rights in a society

Question 36

gender role

Answer 36

expectations given to genders within a society

Question 37

genocide

Answer 37

systematic extermination of a group of people

Question 38

institutional discrimination

Answer 38

discrimination done by an institution

Question 39

direct instructional discrimination

Answer 39

institutions policies that discriminate

Question 40

indirect instruction discrimination

Answer 40

discrimination due to prejudice

Question 41

racial formation process

Answer 41

process by which racial groups are created and destroyed