chapter 7-13 Flashcards
Does the IQ have anything to do with biology
No it has nothing to do with it. The social setting in which a person is raised and educated has a big impact on IQ.
Why is race a valuable analytic tool
people who use the term are reminded that it refers to socially significant physical differences rather than to biological differences that shape behaviour patterns.
Why does race matter
Race matters to the degree that it helps create and maintain systems of social inequality.
Split labour market
Edna Bonacich argues that where low wage workers of one race and high-wage workers of another race compete for the same jobs, high-wage workers are likely to resent the competitors and conflict is bound to happen. Consequently, racist attitudes develop or are reinforced.
Intersex
Do not fit the conventional male or female sex categories. Often their genitals, reproductive system, and secondary characteristics are not distinctly male or female in the conventional sense of the terms.
Essentialism
A school of thought that views gender differences as a reflection of biological differences between women and men
Social constructionism
A school of thought that views gender differences as a reflection of the different social positions occupied by women and men
-gender differences in behaviour are based on biological differences between women and men
Queer theory
Examines empirical mismatches among sex, gender, and sexual desire to debunk the notion that sex, gender, and sexuality are perfectly correlated and emphasize how fluid social contexts influence sexual identities and the performance of sexual acts.
-denies the existence of stable sexual orientations altogether.
Routinization of charisma
Weber’s term for the transformation of divine enlightenment into a permanent feature of everyday life. It involves turning religious inspiration into a stable social institution with defined roles -Routinization of charisma can support class inequality
Three causes of illness and death
human environmental factors including environmental racism, factors related to the public health system, and the health care system
Environment racism
The tendency to heap environmental dangers on the disadvantaged.
How does social identity affect us
Affects our identity, social relations, and social activism
Two-step flow of communication
Occurs between mass media and audience members and involves 1) respected people of high status and independent judgment evaluating media messages and 2) other members of the community being influenced to varying degrees by these opinion leaders
What is technological determinism
The belief that technology shapes human society and history
Solidarity theory
An alternative way of understanding collective action.
