Sociology 2

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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


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