Soci 201 Dumas – Final Questions And Correct
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Causes for racial crimes - ANSWERS 1) biological: primordialism
2) psychological: frustration-aggression theory
3) normative theory
4) split market theory
Primordialism - ANSWERS -ethnic and racial attachments that people have
(when similar in terms of language, culture, beliefs, ancestry, appearance) reflect a
basic tendency to seek out and associate with people such as them
-ethnic grouping is "encoded" in our genes
-discrimination, prejudice, and ethnocentrism are natural and inevitable
behaviours
Frustration-aggression Theory - ANSWERS -psychological
-frustration with your life leads to aggression
-ex. hitler blamed the jews, and we know what happened next
Normative Theory - ANSWERS -prejudice passed down from generation to
generation (socialized into children)
-consequently, people who are taught prejudice will display discriminatory
behaviour
,-prejudice and discrimination can be explained by:
1) a person's definition of situations
2) reference group norms
Normative Theory: Merton - ANSWERS -argued that discrimination occurs
before prejudice
-people are instilled with "success norms" and when they do not have the means
to achieve them, they blame others (discriminate) and use prejudice and
stereotyping to rationalize their discrimination
The Vertical Mosaic - ANSWERS -text by John Porter
-examined the class structure of Canadian society
-believed there were two groups;
1) charter groups, which colonized the country and set up the rules for others to
follow should they try to enter Canada
2) entrance groups
-believed that state policies created a vertical mosaic of ethnic groups with the
charter groups on top and the entrance groups at the bottom
Split labour market theory - ANSWERS -created by Edna Bonacich
-holds that racial and ethnic conflicts are rooted in differences in the price of
labour
-there are three groups in society:
1) business/capitalists
2) highly paid (white) labour
3) lower paid (non-white) labour
, -the business class benefits from working class fighting, which they perpetuate via
discriminatory employment practices
Eugenics in Canada: Sterilization - ANSWERS -in the 1920s and 1930s in
Alberta and British Columbia, doctors were concerned with physical and mental
defects caused by immigrants reproducing with white people
-sterilization required parental consent, so they removed the consent provision in
1937
-by the end, first nation and metis sterilizations accounted for 25% even though
they were only 2.5% of the population
-the act was removed in 1971
Rushton and race science - ANSWERS -Rushton was a UWO psychology
professor
-according to him, there are 3 races:
1) negroids, which are biologically disposed towards crime and are less intelligent
2) caucasoids
3) mongoloids, who are less disposed towards crime and aggression and are more
intelligent
-arranged these three races in a hierarchy
-flawed because he uses the concept of race and treats it as unproblematic
-also doesn't account for the differences in which crime is measured in various
nations
-criticized a lot and questioned for his motives
Merton and Conflict - ANSWERS -Merton was as functionalist, and hence
examined the norms of society
Answers (Verified Answers) Graded A+ | New
Update 2026/27
Causes for racial crimes - ANSWERS 1) biological: primordialism
2) psychological: frustration-aggression theory
3) normative theory
4) split market theory
Primordialism - ANSWERS -ethnic and racial attachments that people have
(when similar in terms of language, culture, beliefs, ancestry, appearance) reflect a
basic tendency to seek out and associate with people such as them
-ethnic grouping is "encoded" in our genes
-discrimination, prejudice, and ethnocentrism are natural and inevitable
behaviours
Frustration-aggression Theory - ANSWERS -psychological
-frustration with your life leads to aggression
-ex. hitler blamed the jews, and we know what happened next
Normative Theory - ANSWERS -prejudice passed down from generation to
generation (socialized into children)
-consequently, people who are taught prejudice will display discriminatory
behaviour
,-prejudice and discrimination can be explained by:
1) a person's definition of situations
2) reference group norms
Normative Theory: Merton - ANSWERS -argued that discrimination occurs
before prejudice
-people are instilled with "success norms" and when they do not have the means
to achieve them, they blame others (discriminate) and use prejudice and
stereotyping to rationalize their discrimination
The Vertical Mosaic - ANSWERS -text by John Porter
-examined the class structure of Canadian society
-believed there were two groups;
1) charter groups, which colonized the country and set up the rules for others to
follow should they try to enter Canada
2) entrance groups
-believed that state policies created a vertical mosaic of ethnic groups with the
charter groups on top and the entrance groups at the bottom
Split labour market theory - ANSWERS -created by Edna Bonacich
-holds that racial and ethnic conflicts are rooted in differences in the price of
labour
-there are three groups in society:
1) business/capitalists
2) highly paid (white) labour
3) lower paid (non-white) labour
, -the business class benefits from working class fighting, which they perpetuate via
discriminatory employment practices
Eugenics in Canada: Sterilization - ANSWERS -in the 1920s and 1930s in
Alberta and British Columbia, doctors were concerned with physical and mental
defects caused by immigrants reproducing with white people
-sterilization required parental consent, so they removed the consent provision in
1937
-by the end, first nation and metis sterilizations accounted for 25% even though
they were only 2.5% of the population
-the act was removed in 1971
Rushton and race science - ANSWERS -Rushton was a UWO psychology
professor
-according to him, there are 3 races:
1) negroids, which are biologically disposed towards crime and are less intelligent
2) caucasoids
3) mongoloids, who are less disposed towards crime and aggression and are more
intelligent
-arranged these three races in a hierarchy
-flawed because he uses the concept of race and treats it as unproblematic
-also doesn't account for the differences in which crime is measured in various
nations
-criticized a lot and questioned for his motives
Merton and Conflict - ANSWERS -Merton was as functionalist, and hence
examined the norms of society
