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Honors SSI Exam 1
Honors SSI
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| how do you know what you know? | the more you know, the more you recognize nothing |
| facilitated communication | developed for disabled people; physical support to type out messages (helped to communicate); miracle until disproven |
| fallacies | errors of reasoning; flawed statements that sound true |
| ad hominem fallacy | [stick it] "to the man" |
| ad hominem-abusive attack fallacy | when someone tries to refute another’s argument by insulting the other person |
| ad hominem circumstantial fallacy | when someone refutes another’s argument because they believe promoting that argument will benefit the person arguing for it; like conflict of interest |
| Appeal to tradition fallacy | when one argues a practice is justified or right solely because it has a long-standing history/tradition (unless it’s a question of whether or not the tradition is worth continuing) |
| Hasty generalization fallacy | when one makes a conclusion on a group based solely on a small, unrepresentative sample |
| Fallacy of anecdotal evidence fallacy | when an arguer denies the plausibility of a generalization solely based on their knowledge of an instance that refutes it (“counterinstance”) |
| Straw person/ straw man fallacy | when someone restructures someone else’s argument to make it harder for them to defend their position |
| Slippery slope fallacy | when an arguer says that accepting a certain idea/position will lead to disaster, even if there’s no evidence of it being connected; identified by there not being a strong amount of evidence connecting the cause and effects |
| False dilemma fallacy | when an arguer only presents 2 options and acts like those are the only ones available even though there are easy/simple alternatives |
| Appeal to ignorance fallacy | when the arguer promotes a certain conclusion based solely on lack of evidence |
| Complex question fallacy | when one adds a controversial assumption in a question, setting the responder up to confirm the assumption |
| empirical evidence | numerical data |
| building in bias | careless wording in questionaires |
| "Uncle Moe" | be as graceful and forgiving with others as you are with loved ones |
| race | clear-cut, distinct categories regarding physical traits; falsely thought to have connections in biology or genetic markers |
| hypo-descent | assumes that you're automatically part of a "lesser" group just by having one drop of that blood; justifies injustice |
| racial formation | people created race to assign roles in society; fluid, changing motion |
| racializaton | stereotypes; things not related to race became racialized |
| ethnicity | identity with a group of distinct national origins; share cultural traditions, generally tied to place, similar ancestry |
| nationality | citizenship from a certain country |
| ethnocentrism | taking associations with a particular group to be the norm; implicit conflation of that culture or racial group with humanity |
| social identity theory | people derive a sense of self-esteem from their social identity |
| debate: pro refusing service based on religious beliefs | fulfilling orders contrary to beliefs can harm owners; 1st amendment right to religion, protects owners' morals |
| debate: anti refusing service based on religious beliefs | "modern day segregation"; illegal to discriminate (race, sexuality, gender), violation of civil rights |
| identity | your self identity, how you present yourself, how others see you, can be vulnerable to share |
| gender identity | your understanding of yourself as a gendered person |
| gonads | testes or ovaries (usually match chromosomes) |
| gender socialization | the gender in which you're raised, often correlates with gender you're assigned at birth |
| gender | social and cultural creation of biological sex; system of classification into masculine and feminine |
| androcentrism | taking that which is associated with male to be normative; implicit conflation of maleness with humanity |
| male expectations | tough, well-paying job, no emotions, confident, competitive, sports and cars, tall, provider, anger/aggression |
| female expectations | innocent, modest, nurturing, quiet, be beautiful, "girl job", self-sacrificing, clean, mature, kids and husband, "girly interests" |
| glass ceilings | women only have set promotions available, stuck |
| glass escalator | men get promoted endlessly |
| "doing gender" | action of doing gendered things (either conforming or rebelling the norm); often unconscious, everyone always doing it |
| nonbinary | gender = somewhere in the space between |
| agender | absence of gender |
| genderfluid/genderqueer | fluidity of gender |
| language is... (2 words) | personal and political; e.g. "Latinx" |
| sexual identity | multidimensional concept involving erotic attraction, affectional behaviors, sexual behaviors, erotic fantasies, etc |
| sexual/romantic attraction | attraction to 1 or more genders, desire to have sex or to be in a primary loving, sexual relationship with 1 or more genders |
| sexual behavior | mutually voluntary activity with another that involves genital contact, sexual excitement or arousal, even if no sex or orgasm |
| personal sexual identity | Personally selected, socially and historically bound labels attached to the perceptions and meanings about their sexuality |
| queer | umbrella term for sexuality or non-normative sexual practices |
| grey-sexual | ace spectrum, limited sexual attraction, if any |
| principle of consistency | assumes relationship between sexuality and gender a natural and universal order; idea sex, gender identity, etc should match |
| heterocentrism | taking that which is associated with heterosexuality to be the norm |
| intersex | genetically ambiguous of male/female; ~3 million intersex people; often children are forced into gender surgery |
| heterosexuality is... (hint: history) | a modern construction, the definition of this sexual identity has changed over time |
| why do we categorize everything? | to better understand the world, but "no one is a pure category" |
| identities in general are salient | identities are what's important to you |
| compulsory heterosexuality | homophobia because they're afraid of that feeling themselves, distance themselves from them (can be unconscious) |
| what does it mean to be "straight"? | "as expected", person who only likes opposite gender, no blurred lines |
| compulsory sexuality | when sexuality doesn't have to be questioned (who asks straight men how they know) |
| social class | experience of shared economic circumstances and shared social and cultural practices in relation to positions of power |
| variables that determine class | income, wealth, prestige, power (to which a person can control others) |
| wealth is | accumulation of resources |
| prestige is | degree of respect, favorable regard, importance, can correlate with job |
| capital is | resources that enable social mobility (your skills) |
| social capital | your connections (family, work, alumni, where you live) |
| cultural capital | heritage (name), cultural goods, how you participate or know about elements of culture, status symbols, attitudes/behaviors |
| human capital | education, skills, experience, intelligence |
| why does no one know if they're middle class? | no universal definition, many factors impact it, perception of yourself and others skews it |
| disadvantages of defining middle class based solely on income | concrete so makes division, less room for raises, difficult to account for dependents and extenuating circumstances |
| advantages of defining middle class based solely on income | concrete definition, easier to define, simpler |
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