soc

The scientific study of social structure (human social behavior)

Widely held neg attitudes towards a group (minority or majority) and its individual members

Prejudice and discrimination against elderly people

A set of beliefs, attitudes, norms, and values used to justify sexual inequality

People sharing certain inherited physical characteristics that are considered important within a society

Sanctions that are less structured (gossip)

The pattern interaction of people in social relationships

Two or more parents and children generations of the same family whose members share economic resources and a common household

A group that is part of the dominant culture but that differs from it in some important respects

Marriage with only one person at a time

The legal union based on mutural rights and obligation

A criminal act motivated by prejudice. Hate crimes involve bias related to race, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, or ancestry

Denial of equal access based on the law

An abstract system of word meanings and symbols. It includes speech, written characters, numberals, non verbal gestures and expressions

A distorted, exaggerated, or oversimplified image applied to a category of people (all Asians are smart)

An extreme form of prejudice that assumes superiority of one group over others

Other people’s responses to a person’s behavior (rewards, punishment)

The type of insight offered by the discipline of sociology

The practice of marrying outside of one’s group

Desire of a group to maintain some sense of identity separate from the dominant group

The tendency to marry someone similar to oneself

Consists of the knowledge, language, values, customs, and physical objects that are shared by members of a society

Judging in terms of one’s own cultural standards

An expectation that leads to behavior that causes the expectation to become reality