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Soc 210
Introduction to Sociology
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Sociology
Undergraduate 3
05/01/2017

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attitudes; actions
Definition
Prejudice describes ________ while discrimination describes ________.
Term
internal colonialism
Definition
Slavery and apartheid are both examples of the ways in which a country's dominant group exploits minority groups for its economic advantage. What do sociologists call this policy?
Term
authoritarian personality
Definition
According to Adorno, a(n) ________ is a person who is prejudiced and ranks high on scales of conformity, intolerance, insecurity, respect for authority, and submissiveness to superiors.
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ethnicity
Definition
While race might reflect our biological heritage, ________ reflects our cultural heritage.
Term
slavery
Definition
Of the following, the most extreme example of internal colonialism is ________.
Term
genocide
Definition
The massacre of Native Americans in the 1800s, the extermination of the Jews in Nazi Germany, and the slaughter of the Tutsis in Rwanda are all examples of ________.
Term
Jim Crow law
Definition
The practice the South employed after the Civil War to segregate blacks from whites was called ________.
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the dominant group
Definition
In society, which group has the greatest power, privileges, and social status?
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Asian American
Definition
Of all ethnic groups, in which group are children most likely to grow up with two parents and least likely to be born to a single mother?
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