Sociology 2
Collective discrimination is
A negative bias against an entire group.
Ethnicity
Ethnicity refers to a set of cultural characteristics that distinguishes one group from another group.
ethnicity
Ethnicity refers to a set of cultural characteristics that distinguishes one group from another group.
African Americans, Asian Americans, Hispanics, and American Indians have all faced the same levels of discrimination and prejudice.
F
American society is made up of people of the same cultural background.
F
De facto segregation is illustrated by unequal access to the resources of society that pushes some minority groups into less powerful positions.
F
Ethnicity and race are two words that mean the same thing.
F
It is easy to classify people into clear-cut racial categories.
F
Jim Crow laws were legislation designed to put an end to legal discrimination.
F
Racial stratification is almost extinct, thanks to reform attempts.
F
The dominant group is the victim of unequal treatment at the hands of the minority group.
F
Very few societies base access to social rewards and resources on race or ethnicity.
F
Institutionalized discrimination is a type of discrimination that comes from an outgrowth of the structure of a society.
T
Problem solving helps weigh the pros and cons of a situation.
T
Sociologists define the term race as a category of people who share inherited physical characteristics.
T
South Africa practiced subjugation.
T
There are no biologically pure races.
T
Collective discrimination is
a negative bias against an entire group.
The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 was developed to help give civil rights to the Asian Americans.
false
The Civil Rights movements of the 1950s and 1960s did not do much to help African-Americans.
false
The Hispanic population only includes immigrants from Mexico.
false
The dominant group is the victim of unequal treatment at the hands of the minority group.
false
Very few societies base access to social rewards and resources on race or ethnicity.
false
in the 1900s, Asian immigrants mainly settled in the Southwest, while Hispanics settled along the east coast.
false
There are no biologically pure races.
true
Minority group
A group of people who, because of their physical characteristics or cultural practices, are singled out and treated unequally.
Which minority group is made up with tribes who each have different cultures and history?
American Indians
ethnic group
An ethnic group is individuals who share a common cultural background and a common sense of identity
Ethnic group
An ethnic group is individuals who share a common cultural background and a common sense of identity.
stereotype
An oversimplified, exaggerated, or unfavorable generalization about a group of people
prejudice
An unsupported generalization about a category of people.
Competition for jobs produced physical violence and discrimination
Asian American
assimilation
Assimilation is the blending of culturally distinct groups into a single group with a common culture or identity.
minority group
Category of people who share physical characteristics or cultural practices that result in the group being denied equal treatment.
Cultural pluralism
Cultural pluralism is a policy that allows each group within a society to keep its unique cultural identity.
cultural pluralism
Cultural pluralism is a policy that allows each group within a society to keep its unique cultural identity.
discrimination
Discrimination is the denial of equal treatment to individuals based on their group membership
Discrimination
Discrimination is the denial of equal treatment to individuals based on their group membership.
The result of cultures assimilation is
Distinct groups blend into a single group with common cultures and identities.
The extermination of an entire targeted population is called ______.
Genocide
genocide
Genocide is extermination aimed at intentionally destroying an entire targeted population.
All of the following acts have had an impact on Asian Americans except the
Graves Protection and Repatriation Act.
All of the following have been used as racial categories EXCEPT:
Indianoid
All of the following have been used as racial categories EXCEPT:
Indianoid.
Institutionalized discrimination
Institutionalized discrimination is discrimination that is an outgrowth of the structure of society.
institutionalized discrimination
Institutionalized discrimination is discrimination that is an outgrowth of the structure of society.
A form of discrimination that is upheld by the law is called _____.
Legal discrimination
legal discrimination
Legal discrimination is discrimination that is upheld by law
Legal discrimination
Legal discrimination is discrimination that is upheld by law.
In a society in which groups interact closely on a basis of equality, there tend to be
Low levels of prejudice
A(n) _____ can be defined as a group of people who are singled out and treated unequally because of physical characteristics or cultural practices.
Minority groups
Which of the following is not considered to be an ethnic group?
Mongoloid
Which act helped the American Indians in keeping their burial land protected?
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act
Ethnicity is used to distinguish between groups based on cultural elements, but according to the information presented in the lecture ________ would encompass the details about a person like the shape of his or her features.
Race
Racism
Racism is the belief that one's own race or ethnic group is naturally superior to other races or ethnic groups.
racism
Racism is the belief that one's own race or ethnic group is naturally superior to other races or ethnic groups.
segregation
Segregation refers to the physical separation of a minority group from the dominant group.
slavery
Slavery is ownership of one group of people by another group.
Immigrants in the 1900s were mainly from
Southern and Eastern Europe.
Maintaining control over a group through force is called ____.
Subjugation
subjugation
Subjugation is the maintaining of control over a group through force.
Race
The term race refers to a category of people who share inherited physical characteristics and who are perceived by others as being a distinct group.
race
The term race refers to a category of people who share inherited physical characteristics and who are perceived by others as being a distinct group.
The Asian Americans settled usually in which location?
West Coast
white ethnics
White ethnics is a collective reference to immigrants from the predominately Catholic countries of Ireland, Italy, France, Poland, and Greece.
Segregation based on laws is called __
de jure segregation
Denial of equal treatment to individuals based on their group membership
discrimination
Prejudice and____ are separate but related features of the minority experience
discrimination
People who have a common cultural background and a common sense of identity.
ethnic group
Ethnicity and race are two words that mean the same thing.
false
It is easy to classify people into clear-cut racial categories.
false
Native Americans have always been able to obtain jobs.
false
Racial stratification is almost extinct, thanks to reform attempts
false
Scapegoating—placing the blame for one's troubles on an innocent individual or group—is a sociological explanation of discrimination and prejudice.
false
What is the first step in problem solving?
identify the problem
A form of discrimination that is upheld by the law is called __
legal discrimination
In a society in which groups interact closely on a basis of equality, there tend to be
low levels of prejudice
A group of people who, because of their physical characteristics or cultural practices, are singled out and treated unequally.
minority group
A_____ is a group of people who because of their physical characteristics are singled out and unequally treated.
minority group
A(n) _____ can be defined as a group of people who are singled out and treated unequally because of physical characteristics or cultural practices.
minority groups
A____ transfer moves a minority group to a new location.
population
A category of people who share inherited physical characteristics and who are seen as being a distinct group.
race
Ethnicity is used to distinguish between groups based on cultural elements, but according to the information presented in the lecture ____ would encompass the details about a person like the shape of his or her features.
race
A____ is a prediction that results in behavior that makes the prediction come true.
self-fulfilling prophecy
___ is the ownership of one person by force.
slavery
All of the following are sources of prejudice and discrimination EXCEPT:
subjugation
What is genocide?
the extermination of an entire race
A group is considered incapable of understanding technical training, and thus is denied technical training. This group is then unable to gain employment in technical fields. Taking this lack of employment in technical fields as evidence of the group's inability to understand technical information is a self-fulfilling prophecy.
true
During the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, immigrants from predominantly Catholic countries faced open discrimination at the hands of the American-born white Protestant majority.
true
For the dominant group in society, prejudice serves as a justification for discriminatory actions.
true
Immigrants have greatly affected many aspects of American culture, including food.
true
Immigration effected our media because they began to bring more knowledge and history of the groups who were immigrating to the public.
true
Problem solving helps weigh the pros and cons of a situation.
true
Sociologists define the term race as a category of people who share inherited physical characteristics.
true
The apartheid system in South Africa was an example of legal discrimination
true
The conflict between ideals and actions has been part of the American experience since the arrival of the white settlers on the North American continent in the 1500s.
true
The most common patterns of minority treatment include assimilation, segregation, subjugation, and legal protection
true
The most common patterns of minority treatment include assimilation, segregation, subjugation, and legal protection.
true
Segregation is
xx based on laws