Unit 2 questions

Rank and describe the three main reasons social capital is declining.

- Increase in women working - Increase in work (general) - rise in tv watching

compare and contrast the major beliefs of liberalism and conservatism

- Liberalism: liberty and equality, support secularism, democracy, civil rights, and internationalism - Conservatives: support tradition; tenants include hierarchy, authority, property rights; want to preserve religion

Describe 3 current demographic trends in the US.

- Marriage is declining - Immigrants are driving workforce - americans are more racially and ethnically diverse

Is ethnocentrism the same things as racism?

- not necessarily; ethnocentrism is your evaluation of other cultures according to preconceptions originating in the standards of one's own culture - racism is prejudice, discrimination, and/or antagonism of someone of a different race because you feel yours is superior

List four dimensions of diversity in the American population.

ethnicity, education, socioeconomic status, race, age, religion, and language