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The main focus or unit of analysis for sociologists is the __________

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group

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Natives usually perceive strangers

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categorically (stereotypes)

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In a new social setting, strangers

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lack the natives knowledge of shared realities

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The _______ describes Carrillo's idea of adjustment from stranger to neighbor

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concept of a continuum with friction

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Social distances studies have found ______

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a fairly consistent pattern over the decades

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Social distance studies capture social acceptance of groups

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as they immigrate into the us

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A 2001 study of social distance found ____

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increased diversity in society

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Despite the removal of more assimilated groups and the addition of less assimilated groups to the list in 2001....

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the upward trend in social distance continued

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When a visiting korean asks for pizza rather than sushi the host may conclude that all koreans like pizza. this is an example of _____

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categoric knowing

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The adjustment from stranger to neighbor is

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a process

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A acculturation takes place,

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the natives' abstract typification about the strangers become more concrete through social interaction

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When americans say hello or how are you this is an example of

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intersubjective understanding

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Jose who is mexican moves to san antonio from mexico city this is an example of

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emigration

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a minority group

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is determined by a groups relative power in society

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example of an ascribed status?

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female

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a category of people who share visible biological characteristics and are regarded as a single groups is a

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race

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Ethnicity is

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a set of learned or acquired cultural traits shared by a people

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In-group:

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the group to which an individual belongs and feels loyalty

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Social identity theory helps explain

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in group favoritism

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Social identity theory explains that _____

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the in-group almost automatically views the outgrip as inferior

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Pluralist advocates criticize

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cultural relativism

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studying race and ethnic relations is

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difficult because our values attitudes and experiences make our objectivity almost impossible

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an ethnic group held up as a role model for a newly arrived group was probably

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an object of scorn and condemnation itself at one time

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Mills states that an issue is a public matter when it is

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intricately connected to the larger historical context of society

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functionalist theory emphasizes

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social equilibrium

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Karl marx:

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conflict perspective

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a ______ perspective focuses on who benefits from a particular situation

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conflict

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a sociologist who investigates how people interpret the situations they are in is probably an

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interactionist

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Matt believes that the frustrations and struggles between social groups and classes are what structure and determine society. He is a ________

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conflict theorist

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Bill believes that assimilation is the key to understanding racial and ethnic differences and that economic equality will follow. His views are in line with _______ theory.

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functionalist theory

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Since strangers experience a lack of historicity they often observe things that go unnoticed by the natives such as natives cons toms, social institutions, appearances, and lifestyle

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true

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Functionalists believe what:

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that society is a stable cooperative social system in which everything has a function and provides the basis of a harmonious society

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To understand intergroup relations, we must recognize that differences among various peoples cause each group to view other groups as _______

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strangers

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by _________, Alfred schutz meant that people from the same social world mutually know the language customs, beliefs, symbols and everyday behavior patterns that the stranger usually does not

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intersubjective understanding

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When people create meaning and significance in life through the use of language or symbols, they are creating

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nonmaterial culture

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Shared cultural _______encourage solidarity by embodying society's fundamental expectations

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norms

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The thomas theorem states that

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If people define a situation as real, it becomes real in its consequences

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culture is

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shared

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What feature of language may connote both intended and unintended prejudicial meanings?

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linguistic relativity

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What is an example of a paralinguistic signal

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whistling at someone of the opposite sex

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interactionists believe that social interaction among people of different cultures may be difficult because

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the two parties do not share the same definitions of symbols

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Settling in an area already containing family, friends, or compatriots is known as ________

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chain migration

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What do sociologists call a minority groups establishment of its own clubs organizations stores etc. ?

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parallel social institutions

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In convergent subcultures we tend to see :

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a gradual assimilation process

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What is an example of a persistent subculture?

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amish

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Relationships between major and minor groups are influenced by differences in culture as well as _____

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structural conditions

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What economic condition would likely foster conflict between minority groups

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stagnant economy

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Researchers not that whites tend to categorize

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lower-class blacks by race

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The culture of poverty refers to ________

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cultural traits of the poor transmitted from one generation to the next, creating a perpetual underclass

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Moynihan believed that the explanation for high unemployment, welfare dependency and other social problems was

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family deterioration

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The repetitional method involves:

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asking people how they thought others compared to them

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Warners Yankee city study found an important link between social class status and

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length of residence in the us

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Milton Gordons ethclass groupings represent

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the sub societies resulting from the intersection of ethnicity and social class

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_______ is one of the 4 social categories proposed by gordon that play a part in forming ethclasses

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social class

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Edward Canfield described the lower classes as attaching high value to

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being present-oriented

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The personal responsibility and work app act of 1996:

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required welfare recipients to work after two years of assistance

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Cultural differentiation refers to

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the differences that are present between two cultures

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The contact hypothesis strongly emphasizes ______ as a path toward reducing prejudice:

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having outgrip friends

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According to Wilson, in which power relationship does the dominant group exercise almost complete control over the subordinate group?

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paternalism

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cultural crashes in china illustrate which sociological mode?

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internal-colonialism

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The 1992 los angeles riots represent what?

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a minority-against-minority clash over limited resources

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white values and behavior patterns might be unrealized by group members because

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the values and behaviors are taken for granted

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what, according to hitchcock is a common value in white culture

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avoiding stepping on peoples toes

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Material culture consists in part, of what?

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the meaning and significance attached to material objects

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Paralinguistic signals include what

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sounds

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In ______ theory which group becomes dominant and which becomes subordinate governs relationships between the groups

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power-differential

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Most social scientists consider prejudice to be an attitude with an ______ bias

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emotional

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Prejudice....

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originally meant prejudment

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which level does prejudice exist when a person behaves in ways that maintain the inequality between two groups?

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action-orientation

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denigrating another group to justify our maltreatment of them is called

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self-justification

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Lacking the same standard of living compared to most members of society is called

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relative deprivation

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Walcott parsons developed a concept that linked psych. and sock. aspects of frustration aggression called ______

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free floating

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the generally shared rules defining what is and is not proper behavior in ones culture are

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social norms

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What is a type of ethnophaulism?

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Disparaging nicknames

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With respect to parenting styles authoritarian personality theory reports

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a correlation between early childhood experiences and the development of a prejudiced personality

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the authoritarian personality theory developed by adorno

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has an f scale that stands for potential fascism and an e scale stands for ethnocentrism

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according to all port _______ can lead to a group becoming a scapegoat

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highly visible physical appearance or observable customs and actions

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according to economic-competition theory, in times of high unemployment nativist movements against minorities have flourished

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in times of high unemployment nativist movements against minorities have flourished

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Ethnophaulism involves:

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justification of discrimination

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one function of telling an ethnic joke is

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challenging stereotypes

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Hes are intrusive and acquisitive ; example of what

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cognitie prejudice

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affirmative action originated with an executive order by president:

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franklin d roosevelt

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Evidence about the success of affirmative action programs;

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is mixed

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Most americans seem willing to support affirmative action based on:

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economic class

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an ethnophaulism is what:

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a derogatory word or expression used to describe a racial or ethnic group

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relative deprivation is what:

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a lack of resources, or rewards in comparison to those of others in the society

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