UNIT 4 - social categories

Question 1

all the social categories

Answer 1

ethnicity
gender
age
religion & social class

Question 2

race vs. identity

Answer 2

race: using physical appearance to categorize
ethnicity: identified from ancestry from a shared culture.

Question 3

factors that determine ethnicity

Answer 3

language
religion
territory
physical appearance

Question 4

nationality

Answer 4

identifying home country based on citizenship

Question 5

heterogenous v. homogenous

Answer 5

heterogenous: different (society has many different ethnicities
homogenous: same (society is made of people sharing similar ethnic identities)

Question 6

role of religion

Answer 6

establishes beliefs and values that:
define the divine forces
how people worship the divine
how people behave within the religion

Question 7

religion as a function

Answer 7

creates morals & values (socialization)
creates common culture
control (rules and laws based in Gods will)

Question 8

levels of religion

Answer 8

differences between religion
differences within religion
difference within other stratifications

Question 9

gender v. sex

Answer 9

gender: how someone identifies relative societal norms of that specific gender
sex: how someone is biologically born

Question 10

physical features of gender identity

Answer 10

sex organs, hormones, bone density, muscles strength

Question 11

gender identity based in societal norms

Answer 11

long v. short hair
showing of emotion
jobs and family roles