Vocab
set of cultural characteristics that distinguishes one group from another group
What is ethnicity?
This theory of prejudice says that prejudice is learned through observing and imitating others in the socialization process
What is culture/social learning theory?
represents about 19% of the population
True or False: According to scientists, race is a helpful concept.
What is false?
group that is advantaged and has superior resources and rights in a society
What is a majority group?
prejudiced attitudes or beliefs that are at a conscious level
What is explicit bias?
segregation by law
What is de jure segregation?
represents about 13% of the population
What is African American?
What did the Bogardus scale attempt to measure?
What is social distance/bias/prejudice based on race/ethnicity?
physical separation of races
Small scale verbal or behavioral slights that are the results of an individual’s implicit bias
What is a microaggression?
What is affirmative action?
One of two of the fastest growing minority groups in the US
What is Hispanic or Asian?
an oversimplified or exaggerated description applied to all members of a category
What is a stereotype?
Bias built into a society’s institutions
What is societal or institutional discrimination/bias?
theory of prejudice that says certain personality traits are more highly associated with prejudicial attitudes
What is authoritarian personality?
In this type of population transfer, a minority group leaves voluntarily
What is indirect?
sometimes called the "model minority"
What is Asian American?
an unjustified attitude towards an individual based solely on the individual’s membership in a social group
What is a prejudice?
the destruction, in whole or in part, of a national, racial, ethnic, or religious group
What is genocide?
Denial of equal treatment by one individual to another individual, based on group membership (involves ACTIONS)
What is individual discrimination?
the fact that schools today sometimes appear to be segregated is an example of this type of segregation
History includes bargaining for and then removal from lands, as well as forced assimilation
What is Native American?
an individual’s fear that their actions or behaviors will support negative ideas about a group to which they belong.
What is stereotype threat?