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What is the ongoing negotiation of learned and patterned beliefs, attitudes, values, and behaviors?
Culture
What does it mean to be reflexive?
*Paxton's approval*
Testing your own assumptions, bias, and knowledge based on your own experience and subjective reality
True or False: Social class refers to one's net worth/income only
False: Social class refers to the grouping of individuals in a stratified hierarchy based on wealth, income, education, occupation, and social network
What is the difference between dominant and non-dominant identities?
Dominant identities historically had and currently have more resources and influence, while non-dominant identities historically had and currently have less resources and influence
KU alum discovered this "planet"
Pluto
Give an example of two varying countries pertaining to the "long-term" vs "short-term" orientation
*Paxton' approval*
According to Kluckhohn-Strodtbeck, every culture faces the same ___ and must answer the ____
Every culture faces the same basic survival needs and must answer the same universal questions
When discussing the topic of slavery in the United States, one student says "I wasn't alive then, why should I have to talk about this?" Another student says, "Because the events that took place back then drastically shaped the world we live in now"
Which dialectic is this an example of?
History/past-present/future dialectic
What does it mean to seek social mobility?
Society -- or yourself personally -- seeing the identity group you belong to as "unfavorable", hence wanting to move to a different identity group that is more favored and/or less stigmatized
At one point the entire U.S. supply of this element was located in Bailey Hall, the same building Paxton's office is in :)
Helium
The conversations we have, the people we meet, and the events we go through both alone and with others shape us. What view, described in Chapter 1, does this pertain to?
Constructionism
Liking us vs them is an example of ____
In-group favoritism
Amalgamation is the process by which a minority group and a majority group combine to form a new group.
What are the two examples we've discussed in class? Which is preferred (to you)? and why?
Salad bowl
Melting pot
*explanation of answer as well*
What is the difference between ascribed and avowed identities?
Provide an example of yourself, using one of each
Ascribed = personal, social, or cultural identities that are placed on us by others
Avowed = identities that we claim for ourselves
*Paxton approves 2nd part of ?*
I was clueless for what question to put here... Speaking of clueless, have you seen the film Clueless where this KU alum is a star wearing a KU hat?
Paul Rudd
What are the three categories for the "relationship to the natural world"? According to Kluckhohn-Strodtbeck
Subordinate, harmony, dominant
What are the two types of segregation mentioned in the book? What do they each mean?
De Facto = segregation that occurs without laws but because of other factor(s)
De Jure = segregation by law ("Jim Crow" laws in U.S.)
What are Kluckhohn-Strodtbeck's 3 categories for "Activity"?
Being, becoming, doing
What is intersectionality?
How your own overlapping identities intersect and form -- or don't -- various degrees of oppression, based on those intersecting identities
Why do we say "Rock Chalk Jayhawk"?
Built on/with limestone, limestone = chalk rock... rock chalk
Formed through communication. Communication = constitutive, has the ability to shape someone's own reality/perception of the world
Brian uses a wheelchair to get around. When people describe him, he prefers they describe him as a person who uses a wheelchair, rather than a wheelchair user. What type of language is this an example of?
Person first language
What does the term "Hispanic" mean -- according to U.S. Census?
An individual originating from a Spanish-speaking country
Define stereotype threat in your own words
*Paxton's approval*
CJ, also known as ________, is our third mascot who now resides outside the bookstore. The last time he made an appearance was for the Mizzou send off to SEC
Centennial Jay