Soc Lectures 17-20 Exam #1 Questions with Correct Answers
Segmented assimilation theory - ✔✔Different groups of immigrants and their
descendants follow three ideal-typical paths: 1.) Classic or straight line
assimilation. 2.) Downward assimilation 3.) Selective acculturation.
Assimilation - ✔✔The process by which immigrants (or minority groups more
broadly) come to resemble the dominant culture and society over time - adopting
its language, values, norms, behaviors, and economic patterns.
Classic or straight line assimilation - ✔✔Cultural and economic assimilation over
time — immigrants and their children converge toward native-born norms and
outcomes.
Cultural assimilation - ✔✔Immigrants come to share norms and values of the
majority and feel part of new nation.
Economic assimilation - ✔✔Immigrants' economic outcomes become more like
those of native-born.
Downward assimilation - ✔✔2nd generation experiences downward mobility
relative to 1st generation, often linked to acculturation into disadvantaged
neighborhoods and structural conditions.
Selective Acculturation - ✔✔Economic assimilation and upward mobility but
'active resistance' to cultural assimilation — maintains ethnic norms, often in
ethnic enclaves.
Segmented assimilation theory - ✔✔Different groups of immigrants and their
descendants follow three ideal-typical paths: 1.) Classic or straight line
assimilation. 2.) Downward assimilation 3.) Selective acculturation.
Assimilation - ✔✔The process by which immigrants (or minority groups more
broadly) come to resemble the dominant culture and society over time - adopting
its language, values, norms, behaviors, and economic patterns.
Classic or straight line assimilation - ✔✔Cultural and economic assimilation over
time — immigrants and their children converge toward native-born norms and
outcomes.
Cultural assimilation - ✔✔Immigrants come to share norms and values of the
majority and feel part of new nation.
Economic assimilation - ✔✔Immigrants' economic outcomes become more like
those of native-born.
Downward assimilation - ✔✔2nd generation experiences downward mobility
relative to 1st generation, often linked to acculturation into disadvantaged
neighborhoods and structural conditions.
Selective Acculturation - ✔✔Economic assimilation and upward mobility but
'active resistance' to cultural assimilation — maintains ethnic norms, often in
ethnic enclaves.
