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soc real world ch 9
Sociology The Real World Stein Chapter 9
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A pattern of relations between ethnic or racial groups in which the minority group is absorbed into the mainstream or dominant group, making society more homogenous. | assimilation |
| The process by which racial or ethnic groups are absorbed into the dominant group by adopting the dominant group's culture. | cultural assimilation |
| Unequal treatment of individuals based on their membership in a social group; usually motivated by prejudice. | discrimination |
| Those elements of identity that are generated through others' perceptions of our physical traits. | embodied identity |
| A socially defined category based on common language, religion, nationality, history, or another cultural factor. | ethnicity |
| The deliberate and systematic extermination of a racial, ethnic, national, or cultural group. | genocide |
| Discrimination carried out by one person against another. | individual discrimination |
| Discrimination carried out systematically by institutions (political, economic, educational, and other) that affect all members of a group who come into contact with them. | institutional discrimination |
| The economic and political domination and subjugation of the minority group by the controlling group within a nation. | internal colonialism |
| Members of a social group that is systematically denied the same access to power and resources available to society's dominant groups but who are not necessarily fewer in number than the dominant groups. | minority group |
| Presenting yourself as a member of a different racial or ethnic group than the one you were born into. | passing |
| A cultural pattern of intergroup relations that encourages racial and ethnic variation within a society. | pluralism |
| The forcible removal of a group of people from the territory they have occupied. | population transfer |
| An idea about the characteristics of a group that is applied to all members of that group and is unlikely to change regardless of the evidence against it. | prejudice |
| A socially defined category based on real or perceived biological differences between groups of people. | race |
| The process by which racial minority groups are absorbed into the dominant group through intermarriage. | racial assimilation |
| A set of beliefs about the superiority of one racial or ethnic group; used to justify inequality and often rooted in the assumption that differences between groups are genetic. | racism |
| The formal and legal separation of groups by race or ethnicity. | segregation |
| An ethnic identity that can be either displayed or concealed depending on its usefulness in a given situation. | situational ethnicity |
| An ethnic identity that is only relevant on specific occasions and does not significantly impact everyday life. | symbolic ethnicity |
| A country club that does not allow any African American members is guilty of: | institutional discrimination. |
| The deliberate and systematic extermination of the Tutsis by the Hutus in Rwanda is an example of | genocide |
| The members of a minority group are systematically denied the same access to power and resources available to the dominant group. t/f | True |
| Why does the text argue that African American women may be particularly sensitive to the interracial relationships of African American men? | There is a relatively limited number of eligible African American men due to their higher rates of incarceration and early death from murder. |
| An ethnic identity that can be either displayed or concealed depending on its usefulness in a given situation is called: | situational ethnicity |
| What is the key distinction between symbolic ethnicity and situational ethnicity? | Situational ethnicity involves a cost-benefit analysis that symbolic ethnicity does not. |
| A college professor who assigns a student a lower grade than she earned simply because of that student's race is guilty of: | individual discrimination |
| The unequal treatment of individuals because of their social group is called: | discrimination |
| A socially defined category, based on real or perceived biological differences between groups of people is called: | race |
| The elements of our identity that are generated through others' perceptions of our physical traits are called: | embodied identity |
| According to the text, what country is described as an example of successful multiculturalism? | Canada |
| What process is the central idea behind America's "melting pot"? | assimilation |
| The celebration of St. Patrick's day, including eating traditional Irish foods, would be an example of a: | symbolic ethnicity |
| The economic and political domination and subjugation of a minority group by the controlling group within a nation is called: | internal colonialism |
| In the early nineteenth century, the U.S. government forced Native Americans to move onto reservations. This is an example of: | population transfer |
| A socially defined category based on common language, religion, nationality, history, or another cultural factor is called: | ethnicity |
| The pattern of intergroup relations that encourages racial and ethnic variation within a society is called: | pluralism |
| The Amish would be considered a/an: | ethnic group |
| Light-skinned African Americans who attempt to live as white in order to avoid the consequences of being black in a racist society are practicing: | racial passing |
| Conflict theory explains of how prejudice and discrimination develop by focusing on the differences in power and economic resources of ethnic groups. t/f | true |
| The formal and legal separation of groups by race or ethnicity is called: | segregation |
| ______ is an ethnic identity that is only relevant on specific occasions and does not significantly impact everyday life. | Symbolic ethnicity |
| _____ is a set of beliefs about the superiority of one racial or ethnic group. | racism |
| ______ is a thought process and _____ is an action | prejudice vs discrimination |
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