Social Categorisation 2A/B

Question 1

prejudice

Answer 1

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

Question 2

discrimination

Answer 2

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

Question 3

gender discrimination

Answer 3

• 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

Question 4

age discrimination

Answer 4

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

Question 5

racial discrimination

Answer 5

• 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

Question 6

racism

Answer 6

form of prejudice
based on assumed racial differences
racial superiority

Question 7

Stereotype

Answer 7

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

Question 8

Social categorisation

Answer 8

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

Question 9

What is a zitizen

Answer 9

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

Question 10

Citizen Participation

Answer 10

Actively involved in the community

Question 11

Citizenship

Answer 11

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

Question 12

Social Justice

Answer 12

• 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

Question 13

Four principles of Social justice

Answer 13

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

Question 14

Human Rights

Answer 14

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

Question 15

Human Trafficking

Answer 15

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

Question 16

individualisation

Answer 16

• seeking information on individuals

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

Question 17

civic responsibility

Answer 17

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

Question 18

civic education

Answer 18

knowing about your country

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

Question 19

roles in society

Answer 19

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