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Status refers to...
a socially defined position in a group or society
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Ascribed status refers to...
a quality that you are born with
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examples of ascribed status
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Achieved status refers to...
a quality that you achieve after birth
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examples of achieved status
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Master status refers to...
a status that is what is most important to a person
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______ status varies from one person to another, because it is a status that is most important to that person
Master
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Race refers to...
a group of people who are believed to be a biological group sharing genetically transmitted traits that are defined as important
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Every racial group can be divided into ethnic groups based on (1)___________, (2)________, (3)______ ___________, (4)_______, (5)________, etc.
- 1. nationality
- 2. language
- 3. tribal affiliation
- 4. culture
- 5. religion
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examples of race
- White people
- Black people
- Asian people
- American Indian and Alaskan native people
- Pacific Islander and Hawaiian Native people
- Some Other Race category
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Ethnic group refers to...
a group of people who share a common historical and cultural heritage and sense of group identity and belongingness
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Ethnic groups are based on (1)_______, (2)__________, (3)________, (4)______ ___________, (5)________, etc.
- 1. culture
- 2. nationality
- 3. languge
- 4. tribal affiliation
- 5. religion
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examples of ethnic groups
- Latino people
- Jewish people
- Gullah people
- Geechee people
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Race is based on...
blood
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Race and ethnic groups not (1)_______________ and is (2)________ in Sociology.
- 1. interchangeable
- 2. separate
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Minority group refers to...
a group which has been singled out for differential an unequal treatment
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Minority group does not refer to...
numerical size, but to a group's position in the stratification system
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examples of minority groups
White women before the 1960s
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Racism refers to...
an ideology which holds that certain racial or ethnic groups are biologically inferior and that practices involving their denomination and exploitation are therefore justified
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Prejudice refers to...
an irrational attitude toward certain people based solely on their membership in a particular group
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example of prejudice
a person has a negative attitude towards another person because the other person belongs to a certain racial or ethnic group
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Prejudice is based on what a person ________
thoughts
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Discrimination refers to...
behavior in the form of unequal treatment of a people because they are a member of a particular group
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example of discrimination
a person treats a person in a negative way because the other person belongs to a certain racial or ethnic group
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Institutional discrimination also refers to the systematic exclusion of...
people from equal participation in a particular institution because of their group membership
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examples of institutional discrimination
- when a country goes to war against another, the victor takes the resources from the losing country
- then the country sells the product back; however it is not affordable
workers build a product; however, do not make enough money to buy the product they are making
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Split Labor Market refers to...
a social condition wherein there are two groups of workers willing to do the same work, but for different wages
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In split labor market, lower-priced laborers have...
a competitive advantage because employers prefer to hire them
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example of split labor market
foreign workers were brought into New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina
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Stereotypes refers to...
inflexible images of the members of a particular group that is held without regard to whether it is true
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