LSCC - SYG 2000 ( Chapter 7 ) - RACE & RACISM
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#1 Q
The term for any category of people who share some common physical characteristic(s) and are regarded by themselves and others as a distinct status group -
#1 A
RACE
[RACIAL GROUP] -
#2 Q
The term for a group of people who are recognized as distinct based upon cultural characteristics (e.g., religion or ancestry) -
#2 A
ETHNIC GROUP -
#3 Q
In the U.S., this is true of most discrimination on the basis of sex, religion, or physical handicap -
#3 A
It is illegal -
#4 Q
The term for when, for example, hispanic home-buyers are shown houses in mostly hispanic neighborhoods, while people of other racial or ethic groups are shown houses in racially mixed neighborhoods -
#4 A
RACIAL STEERING -
#5 Q
The term for when, for example, an elementary school hires only females because they fear that parents expect instructors to be "nurturing" and only females can fulfill this "requirement" -
#5 A
INSTITUTIONAL SEXISM -
#6 Q
This is true of AFFIRMATIVE ACTION -
#6 A
It is defined as a special effort by employers to increase the number of minority (including female) employees, or to upgrade those employees' positions -
#7 Q
This is the term that Adorno used to describe the type of personality associated with PREJUDICE -
#7 A
AUTHORITARIAN personality -
#8 Q
This is the term for when PREJUDICED persons exaggerate the faults of minority groups while denying or minimizing their own faults -
#8 A
PROJECTION -
#9 Q
This is the theory that applies to a process in which people become PREJUDICED by growing up in PREJUDICED environments at home where they learn PREJUDICE from their significant others -
#9 A
SOCIAL LEARNING THEORY -
#10 Q
This is what Conflict Theorists contend that causes racial or ethnic inequality -
#10 A
One group benefits from subjugating other group(s) -
#11 Q
When Sean does not openly express his racist or PREJUDICED ideas, yet he opposes any social policy that would reduce social inequality, his behavior illustrates this form of PREJUDICE -
#11 A
SYMBOLIC RACISM -
#12 Q
This is the most common perspective/approach among modern sociologists who study racial and ethnic relations -
#12 A
Conflict perspective -
#13 Q
List three Conflict theories of INTERGROUP RELATIONS identified in the text -
#13 A
Conflict theories:
1) INTERNAL COLONIALISM
2) SPLIT-LABOR-MARKET
3) MARXIST -
#14 Q
This Conflict theory of INTERGROUP RELATIONS contends that majority group workers generally receive higher paying jobs while minority group workers receive lower paying jobs in the U.S. -
#14 A
SPLIT-LABOR-MARKET -
#15 Q
This is the group that the text identifies as occupying an INTERMEDIATE STATUS between a minority group and a majority group -
#15 A
ASIAN AMERICANS -
#16 Q
This is the INTERGROUP RELATIONS theory that emphasizes competition, economic motives and unequal power -
#16 A
SPLIT-LABOR-MARKET -
#17 Q
This is the term for a type of ASSIMILATION that occurs when a minority group is required to adopt the culture of the majority group -
#17 A
FORCED ASSIMILATION -
#18 Q
The "majority group" in the U.S. consists of these groups of people -
#18 A
Whites from northern and western Europe -
#19 Q
This is what William Julius Wilson stated in his book, "The Truly Disadvantaged", regarding the cause of the disadvantages currently experienced by poor African Americans and Hispanics in the U.S. -
#19 A
Changes in the job market