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Exam on Chp. 6 9-12

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Race   A group whose inherited physical characteristics distinguish it from other groups.  
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Genocide   The systematic annihiliation of attempted annihilation of a people because of their presumed race or ethnicity.  
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Ethnicity   Having distinctive cultural characteristics  
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Prejudice   An attitude or prejuding usually in a negative way.  
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Discrimination   An act of unfair treatment directed against an individual or a group.  
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Institutional Discrimination   Negative treatment of a minority group that is built into a society's institutions *Also systemic Discrimination  
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Scapegoat   An individual or group unfairly blamed for someone else's troubles.  
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Population Transfer   The forced movement of a minority group.  
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Apartheid   The separation of racial-ethnic groups as was practiced in South Africa.  
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Internalized Discrimination   Discrimination which occurs within a race.  
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Primary Group   A group characterized by intimate, long-term, face-to-face association and cooperation.  
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Secondary Group   Compared with a primary group, a larger, relatively temporary, more anonymous, formal, and impersonal group based on some interest or activity.  
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Dyad   The smallest possible group, consisting of two persons.  
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Triad   A group of three people.  
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Group Stability   The larger the group the more stable.  
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Social Class   A large group of people who rank close to one another in property, power, prestige.  
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Pastoral Society   A society based on the pasturing of animals.  
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Hunting and Gathering Society   A human group that depends on hunting gathering for it's survival Men=Women Few Social divisions/little inequality. Usually have shaman. Men more prestige but women more contribution only 20/25-40 people. Nomadic. Most egalitarian.  
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Horitcultural Society   A society based on cultivation plants by the use of hand tools  
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Postindustrial Society   A society based on information, services, and high technology, rather than raw materials and manufacturing.  
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Democratic Leader   An individual who leads by trying to reach a consensus.  
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Authoritarian   An individual who leads by giving orders  
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Lasiez-faire   An individual who leads by being highly permissive  
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Asch's   Conformity experiment Seeing if a person caves to how people answer, even though they know its wrong.  
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Milgram experiment   Shocking experiment... How far will you go...  
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How Nations became stratified   Colonialism, World System, Theory, Culture of poverty, Evaluating the theories.  
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Colonialism   The process by which one nation takes over another nation, usually for the purpose of exploiting its labor and natural resources.  
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World System Theory   Economic and political connections that tie the world's countries together.  
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Globalization of capitalism   Capitalism (investing to make profits within a rational system) becoming the globe's dominant economic system.  
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Culture Poverty   The assumption that the values and behaviors of the poor make them fundamentally different from other people.  
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Weber's Social Class Components   Property, power, and prestige  
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Sex   Biological characteristics that distinguish females and males, consisting of primary and secondary sex characteristics.  
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Gender   The behaviors and attitudes that a society considers proper for i ts males and females  
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Nature vs. Nurture   Nature: Our Biology is the only thing that has to do with the way we act. Nurture: The way we are socialized is the way we act/Not the way we are Born.  
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Patriarchy   A society in which Men as a group dominate women as a group.  
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Feminism   The philosophy that men & women should be politically, economically, and socially equal.  
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Reference Group   A group whose standards we evaluate ourselves.  
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2 causes of slavery   War, debt, and Crime  
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Power elite   Term for the top people in the U.S. corporations, military, and politics who make the nation's major decisions.  
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Social Mobility   Movement up or down the social class ladder.  
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Caste system   A form of social stratification in which people's statuses are determined by birth are lifelong.  
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Structural Mobility   Movement up or down the social class ladder that is due more to changes in the structure of society than to the actions of individuals.  
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Globalization   The extensive interconnections among nations due to the expansions of capitalism.  
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Negative effects of globalization on less industrialized nations   These nations = 68% of worlds people. Poverty/people take to living in dumps. No running water/indoor plumbing, or access to trained teachers or physicians.  
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Out-Group   an outgroup is a social group towards which an individual feels contempt, opposition, or a desire to compete.  
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In-Group   a social group towards which an individual feels loyalty and respect, usually due to membership in the group.  
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In-Group Bias   the preferential treatment people give to those whom they perceive to be members of their own groups.  
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