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Social Inequality 1
WPR 1- Lessons 1-25
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is a minority group? (5 things) | 1. Pattern of disadvantage or inequality. 2. Visible trait, sets them apart 3. A self conscious social unit. 4. Determined at birth. 5. Members tend to marry within the group. |
| Karl Marx theory of inequality? (3 things) | -Class conflict inevitable -Inequality relative to means of production -Bourgeoisie or Proletariat |
| Max Weber theory of inequality? (3 things) | Based on economic position, prestige, and power. |
| Gerhard Lenski's theory of inequality? (2 things) | Based upon the levels of development in society and subsistence technology. |
| Patricia Hill Collins theory of inequality? | Gender, race, and ethnicity cannot be explored independent of each other. Intersectionality comes from power differentials. |
| List 4 social inequality theorists. | Patricia Hill Collins, Max Weber, Gerhard Lenski, and Karl Marx. |
| 5 things limited by minority group status? | Access to wealth, income, property, prestige, and power. |
| The group that benefits from social inequality? | The core group or dominant group |
| Define race. | Biological differences in groups that are visible and allow them to be told apart. Race overall is a social construct that plays on these differences based upon historical, social, economic, and political processes. |
| Is gender socially constructed? | While gender is divided generally along sex lines, gender roles are typically greatly affected by the social environment. |
| Name the two dimensions based on the individual of 1. acting upon, 2 thinking about dominant minority relations. | 1. Discrimination 2. Prejudice |
| Name the two dimensions based on the individual of 1. acting upon, 2 thinking about dominant minority relations. | 1. Institutional discrimination 2. Ideological Racism |
| Two types of individual prejudice. | Cognitive (stereotypes) and affective (emotional response) |
| What is the difference between assimilation and pluralism? | Assimilation is the process by which formerly distinct and separate groups merge culturally while pluralism is the maintenance of original identities |
| Two types of assimilation? | "Melting Pot"- cultures blend uniformly. Americanization/Anglo-conformity- assimilation is one sided with the adoption of new traits mostly in minority group |
| 4 components of Robert Park's "Race Relations Cylce" | Contact Competition Accomodation Assimilation |
| Milton Gordon's 4 stages of assimilation: | 1. Acculturation (language and values) 2. a. Primary sector stuctural integration- institutions/organizations b. Secondary sector- cliques clubs and friends 3. Intermarriage |
| Human Capital Theory is what? | Success is directly linked to individual effort and available to all. |
| Name/describe the two types of pluralism. | Cultural-separate identities Structural-similar culturally, different in location on social structure |
| How did industrialization affect assimilation? | labor intensive to capital intensive, fewer jobs, more people, more competition (1700's to 1800's) |
| What is Milton Gordon's ethclass? | The point at which religious, ethnic, and social class boundaries meet. |
| Discuss differences between prejudice and discrimination. | Prejudice is negative thought towards a group and discrimination is negative action |
| Named all the combos of prejudism and discrimination | Unprejudiced-undeiscrim = all weather liberal Unprejudiced-disrcim - fair weather liberal Prejudiceed-non-descrim = timid bigot Prejudiced-discrim = all weather bigot |
| Three origins of prejudism | Social, personality, and cultural |
| What are the two main types of affective or emotion generated personality based prejudice | scapegoat hypothesis (deal with frustration) authoritarian persoanality (some people need it to function) |
| Merton's theory of prejudice | Prejudice can be identical about something logically but different emotionally |
| Herbert Blumer's theory of prejudice | Prejudice comes about when a group feels threatened by a weaker group |
| Explain the 'vicious cycle' of prejudice. | contact- inferiour status- prejudice/racism- disciminnatio- inferior status |
| Explain equal status contact hypotheses | Prejudice declines as members of different groups with equal status, common goals, interact, with endorsement of authority figures (Robber's Cave) |
| List three components of modern racism | 'there is no loner and serious or important racial, ethnic, or religious discrimination' inequality is the fault of minorities laziness Affirmative action = unjustified |
| Symbolic racism | subtle complex, indirect way of expressing negative feelings |
| define subsistance technology | the way society satisfies basic needs like food and shelter (shapes dominant minority interactions)-Lenski |
| Why African Slavery? |
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