Social Categorisation 2A/B Flashcards

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prejudice

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  • pre judgement
  • unjustified attitude towards a group
  • based on things we cant control
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discrimination

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  • unequal treatment of people who are entitled to the same rights
  • can stop people from getting:
    education, job, buying a house etc
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gender discrimination

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  • eg. women in the workplace
  • men at home
  • women earning less than a man doing the same job
  • discrimination against a person / group based on the grounds of gender
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age discrimination

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  • discrimination against a person / group based on the grounds of age
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racial discrimination

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  • against the law
  • discrimination against a group / person based on their racial background
  • illegal to do so, based on their racial bacground
  • i.e not getting a job
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racism

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form of prejudice
based on assumed racial differences
racial superiority

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Stereotype

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Identification of a person as a member of a group due to the features they share
Is a form of social categorisation
being stereotyped may cause you not to be viewed as an individual

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Social categorisation

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Process of identifying a person as a member of a certain group

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What is a zitizen

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A member of the community, member of the country or belonging to a country or state

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Citizen Participation

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Actively involved in the community

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Citizenship

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Active involve
more than just belonging to a country
involves all groups of people
the rights and responsibilities of a citizen
promotes concept of participation
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Social Justice

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  • Rights of all people that are considered in a fair and equitable manor
    Rights of all people in the community.
  • Targets the marginalised and disadvantaged
  • Tries to meet equality
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Four principles of Social justice

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Participation
- Enables people to participate in decisions which affect their lives

Access
- Ensure everyone has access to all goods and services

Equity
- Ensure fair distribution of resources

Rights

  • Protect individual liberties to information
  • Appeal to unfair decisions
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Human Rights

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inalienable rights each person is entitled to due to being human
- Morale principles set out
regularly protected as legal rights in national and international law

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Human Trafficking

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Trade in humans for the purpose of sexual slavery, forced labour, commercial sexual exploitation

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individualisation

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  • seeking information on individuals

- rather than accepting the stereotype of the group in which they belong to

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civic responsibility

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  • responsibilities in a citizen
  • ethical behaviour
  • schools teach and provide knowledge and skills for active participation
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civic education

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knowing about your country

  • raising awareness of our government, policies, procedures
  • values underline our attitudes and beliefs
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roles in society

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  • independent
  • contributing member of society
  • working with others
  • relying on others completely is looked down upon