Chapter 10

Question 1

Minority

Answer 1

People who are socially disadvantaged

Question 2

Two Components of minorities

Answer 2

Lacks social power
Distinct from the majority

Question 3

Experiences of minorites

Answer 3

Unequal treatment
share physical and cultural characteristics
non-voluntary
group solidarity
marrying within group

Question 4

Myth of Race

Answer 4

Race was a group of people who were physically and genetically distinguished from other group

Question 5

Internalized Racism

Answer 5

Members of a racial group assume the attributes associated with the racial classification and internalize them as part of their identities

Question 6

Defining feature of majority

Answer 6

Uses dominance to control social system

Question 7

Ethnicity

Answer 7

Status, ancestry, language, religion

Question 8

Ethnic group

Answer 8

People who identify with each other and share a culture

Question 9

Prejudice

Answer 9

Negative assessment of a person without meeting them

Question 10

Ecological fallacy

Answer 10

Conclusions about an individual based on the group

Question 11

Exception Fallacy

Answer 11

Conclusions about a group based on the individual

Question 12

Racism

Answer 12

Believing one race is superior

Question 13

Democratic racism

Answer 13

Perpetuates minority differentiation and oppression

Question 14

Individual discriminantion

Answer 14

Discrimination others based on their group

Question 15

Direct Institutional discrimination

Answer 15

Institution employs discriminatory policies

Question 16

Indirect institutional discrimination

Answer 16

An action produces uneven results on a group or person

Question 17

Scapegoat theory

Answer 17

Prejudice and discrimination come from people who want to blame others for their problems

Question 18

Authoritarian Personality Theory

Answer 18

Prejudice is a personality trait linked to strong beliefs of norms and traditions

Question 19

Culture theory - Race

Answer 19

Some prejudice is healthy

Question 20

Functionalist - Race

Answer 20

Discrimination prevents a society from maximizing the benefits of diversity

Question 21

Conflict theory - Race

Answer 21

Prejudice and discrimination are logical outcomes of competition

Question 22

Dual labour market

Answer 22

minority groups are disproportionately found in the secondary labour market

Question 23

Exploitation theory - Marx

Answer 23

Ruling class deliberately promotes
prejudice and discrimination in order to divide workers

Question 24

Critical race theory

Answer 24

Intersection of race, gender, sexuality to explain prejudice

Question 25

Symbolic Interactionism - Race

Answer 25

Perceptions are learned

Question 26

Feminist - Race

Answer 26

Domination and oppression are the outcome of an entire system of inequality

Question 27

Categories of Minority Relations

Answer 27

Genocide Expulsion Segregation Assimilation Multiculturalism

Question 28

Genocide

Answer 28

Intentional extermination of all members of a minority group

Question 29

Expulsion

Answer 29

Force a minority to leave the country or confine them to a particular location

Question 30

Segregation

Answer 30

Formal physical or social separation of dominant and minority groups

Question 31

Assimilation

Answer 31

Minority group sheds its differences and assumes the traits of the dominant group

Question 32

Multiculturalism

Answer 32

larger society promotes cultural, ethnic and racial diversity

Question 33

Charter groups

Answer 33

how french and english were both important in canadian history

Question 34

Frankfurt school

Answer 34

dedicated to understanding communication in the Nazi regime

Question 34

Contact hypothesis

Answer 34

prejudice declines with intergroup contact

Question 35

Quiet revolution

Answer 35

1960s, political and religion traditions challenged for greater economic and cultural equality