CD 42 Midterm Word Scramble
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Term | Definition | Example |
stereotype | basis for prejudice behavior; over-generalizations, myths and distorted information (usually negative) about groups of people | men are insensitive; Mexicans have pinatas at all their parties |
discrimination | treating someone well, or not well, based on racial or cultural treatment on ones own knowledge about that person | after listening to her parents making remarks about "Chinese drivers" not knowing how to drive, Sally pushes Cindy away, who is originally from the Philippines, as a small group of children engage in pretend play riding a bus to the zoo |
prejudice | prejudging or expressing dislike for a person or a group of people based on race, ability, gender, creed, sexual orientation, etc; an attitude, an opinion, or a feeling about someone or a group with no prior information | Josh is new in school and has a speech impairment. You notice that when you tell children to select a partner to go on a walk, no one chooses Josh |
-isms | prejudice against a group or individual supported by, sanctioned, legitimized or reinforced by society | sexism, handicappism, ageism, sizeism |
sexism | attitude or action supported by societal power that subordinates people based on their sex | "you're a girl. girls can't do that." |
handicappism | institutional practice prevents people with different abilities to be integrated into society and keeps them socially and economically oppressed | an office that is not wheelchair accessible |
racism | attitude, action, and institutional practice backed up by institutional power that subordinates people because of their color; prejudice plus power | "you can't play because you're black" |
classism | prejudice against people on the basis of class rank, supported by institutional power | children selecting friends on the basis of what they wear |
oppression | the systematic use of social power to keep people of one social group from having equal access to society's goods and benefits | slavery; opportunities in certain communities, such as quality of education |
culture | a group of people sharing similar views, such as beliefs, customs, values, etc; a way of life | native american, males, child development students |
dominant culture | cultural group that controls or influences economic, political, educational, or social services institutions | In the U.S. - European American |
Diversity | human differences between people, such as physical characteristics or beliefs | CA has people from different places of the world |
race | the idea of classifying people based on physical characteristics with no scientific or biological basis, with the purpose of assigning social status, power, and worth to people | latinos, asians |
ethnicity | the geographic origin or national identity of a person, typically used for identification purposes | on an application you are asked select your ethnicity |
society | set of systems, institutions, organizations, and individuals that function interdependently based on a set of prescribed values, beliefs, and cultural patternss | american society; govt |
citizenship | living in a particular couontry and participating in its governmental rules though birth or naturalization | born in the u.s. and paying taxes |
people of color | term used to describe people who are not European american with the attempt to deal with the complexities and limits of language by combining all cultural groups (except European american) that are targets of racism in the US | Asian-Pacific american, African american |
white people | a racial term, referring to people from European ancestry, used to highlight economic, political, cultural, educational, legal controls, and benefits, that as a group, they have in the U.S. | italians |
european american | people on the US descended from any of the different nations or ethnic groups in Europe | Irish, German |
minority | a term considered to be outdated, inaccurate and offensive used to label groups of people with separate identity and lower status from the dominant society; may be numerical minority or majority | japanese |
children as models | children imitate the prejudiced comments and behavior they see from their parents, adults, and older children in their lives | |
children as mirrors | children's prejudiced behavior and thinking is a reflection of society's values, attitudes, and prevailing stereotypes. they mimic what is seen and heard on TV, read in books, and lived through institutions | |
children as victims | children, who themselves have been shamed & humiliated by adults & older children, transfer their anger and negative feelings onto others who they see as less powerful & less desireable. | This is especially true of children living in families with rigid rules and dominating parents who don't allow the child to express feelings of anger, hurt, and sadness |
children as limited thinkers | cognitive development follows a predictable sequence from simplistic thinking to more complex reasoning. young children reach false conclusions about the world because they build their own beliefs by making incorrect associations between events & ideas. | preschoolers can only understand the world and other people from their own experience and are likely to confuse the facts and focus on irrelevant details. |
bias | attitude, believe or feeling resulting and justifying unfair treatment of someone else because of their identity | teacher scolds boys more than girls because teacher believes boys are naturally more active than girls, therefore need more discipline |
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