Sociology Chapter 6
One of the most crucial aspects of the relationship between dominant and subordinate groups is the ability of the dominant or majority group to
Define a societys images of a group 'the defiition of the situatio' which leads to stereotyping
The process of denying opportunities and equal rights to individuals and groups because of prejudice or for other arbitrary reasons is known as
Discrimination
The denial of opportunities and equal rights to individuals or groups that results from the normal operations of society is called
Institutional Discrimination
W. I. Thomas observed that people respond not only to the objective features of a situation or person but also to the meaning that situation or person has for them. This observation reflects which sociological perspective
Interactionist
Unreliable generalizations about all members of a group that do not recognize individual differences within the group is referred to as a(an)
Stereotype
The process by which people come to define a group as a race based, in part, on physical characteristics, but also on historical, cultural, and economic factors, is called
The Social Construction of Race
The functionalist perspective would most likely
suggest that racist beliefs discourage the subordinate minority from attempting to question its lowly status, and thus question the very foundations of society
Which of the following statements about racial groups in the United States is true?
All of these
Patterns of income across race and gender groups suggest that __________ bear an especially heavy burden of discrimination
Black Women
An invisible barrier that blocks the promotion of a qualified individual in a work environment because of the individual's gender, race, or ethnicity is known as
A glass ceiling
Which of the following terms refers to positive efforts to recruit minority members or women for jobs, promotions, and educational opportunities
Affirmative ACtion
Largest Racial Minority
African American
Which sociological perspective would be most likely to emphasize that stereotypes contribute to prejudice and thereby assist the subordination of disadvantaged racial and ethnic groups?
Conflict
Characteristics of national origin or distinctive cultural patterns are used primarily by a society to set apart:
Ethnic Groups
Which term is used to refer to a negative attitude toward an entire category of people?
Prejudice
Which term is used by sociologists to describe a group that is set apart from others because of obvious physical differences
Racial Group
A belief that one race is supreme and all others are innately inferior is called
Racism
Prejudice is to discrimination as
attitude is to behavior
Ethnocentrism
the tendency to assume that one's culture and way of life are superior to all others
