Chapter 4

Question 1

Discrimination

Answer 1

Unfair or inappropriate treatment of people based on their group membership

Question 2

Sex

Answer 2

Biologically based differences that determine whether one is male or female

Question 3

Gender

Answer 3

Socially earned and reinforced characteristics that include on’s biological sex and psychological characteristics (femininity, masculinity, androgyny)

Question 4

Race

Answer 4

A group of people with a common cultural history, nationality or geographical locations, as well as generically transmitted physical attributes

Question 5

Ethnicity

Answer 5

Social classification based on nationality, religion, language and ancestral heritage, shared by a group of people who also share a common geographical origin

Question 6

Culture

Answer 6

Learned systems of knowledge, behavior, attitudes, beliefs, values, and norms shared by a group of people

Question 7

Worldview

Answer 7

Individual perceptions or perceptions by a culture or group of people about key beliefs and issues,, such as death, god and the meaning of life, which influence interaction with others.

Question 8

Co-culture

Answer 8

A microculture; a distinct culture within a larger culture (such as the gay and lesbian co-culture)

Question 9

Enculturation

Answer 9

The process of transmitting a group’s culture from one generation to the next.