chapter 9 sociology review

what are the two types of population transfer?

Indirect and direct transfer.

what is genocide

The dominant culture tries to destroy the minority group

what is authoritarian personality theory?

Theodor Adorno's term for people who are prejudiced and rank high on scales of conformity, intolerance, insecurity, respect for authority, and submissiveness to superiors. It is a theory of prejudice under psychological perspectives.

what is race?

a group of people with inherited physical characteristics that distinguish it from another group. People who share phenotypic traits that members of a society consider important.

what is ethnic cleansing?

a policy of eliminating a population; includes forcible expulsion and genocide.

what is prejudice?

a rigid and unfair generalization about an entire category of people. A prejudging attitude of some sort, usually in a negative way.

what is permissible assimilation?

allows the minority to adopt the dominant group's patterns in its own way and at its own speed.

what is racial types?

an invention created during a period of "scientific racism" and it has allowed societies to rank people in hierarchy

what is discrimination?

an unfair treatment or action directed against someone. It could be positive or negative.

prejudice is an ........................ while discrimination is the ................... often a result of prejudice.

attitude;action

people with little education and power tend to develop ......................... personality?

authoritarian

people who rigidly conform to conventional values, have a deep respect for authority and see moral issues as a clear cut as right and wrong belong to what theory?

authoritarian personality theory

what is culture theory?

claims that even though extreme prejudice is found in some people, everybody has prejudice. Prejudice is part of our culture. We are thought from birth that some people are better than others. This is a theory of prejudice from a social perspective.

ethnicity refers to people who identify with one another on the basis of .................................................?

common ancestry and cultural heritage

compartmentalize?

dehumanizing labels. separate acts of cruelty from their sense of being good and decent people.

.................. is more of cultural features.

ethnicity

what are the two types of assimilation?

forced assimilation and permissible assimilation

what are the global patterns of intergroup relations

genocide, population transfer, internal colonialism, segregation, assimilation, multiculturalism.

what is the scapegoat theory?

is a theory of prejudice under psychological perspectives. Prejudice stems from frustration among people who are themselves disadvantage. They find a scapegoat. People often unfairly blame their troubles often on a racial-ethnic or religious minority (scapegoat).

what is indirect transfer?

is achieved by making life so miserable for members of a minority that they leave "voluntarily".

what is cultural ambiguity of race?

is being constructed based on historical events. What your racial identification depends on geography (where you live)

symbolic interactionism on theory of prejudice?

it examines how labels affect perception and create prejudice. Symbolic interactionists stress that the labels we learn affect the ways we perceive people. If we apply a label to a group, we tend to perceive its members as all alike.

what is selective perception?

labels that create prejudice by leading people to see certain things while they blind us to others.

women are consider a ......................... group?

minority

what is direct transfer?

occurs when a dominant group expels a minority.

what is racism?

prejudice and discrimination on the basis of racism

what is functionalist theory on the theory of prejudice?

prejudice is functional and is shaped by the social environment. But also prejudice is very dysfunctional because it destroys human relationships.

conflict theory on theory of prejudice?

prejudice is used by the powerful to keep people oppressed.

................... is more of external features.

race

what are some shared cultural traits of ethnicity

religion, ancestors, region of origin, distinctive foods, clothing, language, music, or family names and relationships.

race is not a biological reality but a ..................................

socially constructed concept

what is assimilation?

the dominant group absorbs the minority group

what is multiculturalism?

the dominant group encourages racial and ethnic variation; when successful, there is no longer a dominant group.

what is population transfer?

the dominant group expels the minority group

what is internal colonialism?

the dominant group exploits the minority group

what is forced assimilation?

the dominant group refuses to allow the minority to practice it's religion, to speak it's language, or to follow its customs.

what is segregation?

the dominant group structures the social institutions to maintain minimal contact with the minority group

............................. is focused on a strong white and black dichotomy.

U.S. racism

what is a minority group?

a category of people distinguished by physical or cultural difference that a society singles out and subordinates