SOCIOLOGY 101 PRACTICE EXAM #2
STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
color- blind racism - ANSWER-use of the principle of race neutrality to defend
racially unequal status quo
discrimination - ANSWER-denial of opportunities and equal rights to individuals and
groups based on some type of arbitrary bias
glass ceiling - ANSWER-invisible barrier that blocks the promotion of qualified
individual in a work environment because of the individuals gender, race, or ethnicity
white privilege - ANSWER-rights or immunities granted to the people as a benefit or
favor simply because they are white
contact hypothesis - ANSWER-when black and white work together and prejudice
decrease
racial profiling - ANSWER-arbitrary action initiated by an authority based on race,
ethnicity, or national origin rather than on persons behavior
functions of racial prejudice and discrimination - ANSWER-prejudice is a matter of
attitudes, discrimination is a matter of actions or behaviors
institutional discrimination - ANSWER-denial of oppurtunities and equal rights that
results from operations of a society
amalgamation - ANSWER-happens when majority group and minority group
combine to form a new group (mexicans merging spanish and indians)
assimilation - ANSWER-process through which person forsakes his or her cultural
tradition to become part of a different culture (when smchid came to america?)
Blue collar workers fit into what class? - ANSWER-working class
Webers stratification dimensions - ANSWER-status group and power
global stratification - ANSWER-ranking countries into hierarchy rich and poor
feminization of poverty - ANSWER-increase in the numbers of single women in
poverty alone, primarily as single mothers
high income countries - ANSWER-highest standard of living
middle income countries - ANSWER-somewhat poorer nations with economic
development typical for the world as a whole
STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
color- blind racism - ANSWER-use of the principle of race neutrality to defend
racially unequal status quo
discrimination - ANSWER-denial of opportunities and equal rights to individuals and
groups based on some type of arbitrary bias
glass ceiling - ANSWER-invisible barrier that blocks the promotion of qualified
individual in a work environment because of the individuals gender, race, or ethnicity
white privilege - ANSWER-rights or immunities granted to the people as a benefit or
favor simply because they are white
contact hypothesis - ANSWER-when black and white work together and prejudice
decrease
racial profiling - ANSWER-arbitrary action initiated by an authority based on race,
ethnicity, or national origin rather than on persons behavior
functions of racial prejudice and discrimination - ANSWER-prejudice is a matter of
attitudes, discrimination is a matter of actions or behaviors
institutional discrimination - ANSWER-denial of oppurtunities and equal rights that
results from operations of a society
amalgamation - ANSWER-happens when majority group and minority group
combine to form a new group (mexicans merging spanish and indians)
assimilation - ANSWER-process through which person forsakes his or her cultural
tradition to become part of a different culture (when smchid came to america?)
Blue collar workers fit into what class? - ANSWER-working class
Webers stratification dimensions - ANSWER-status group and power
global stratification - ANSWER-ranking countries into hierarchy rich and poor
feminization of poverty - ANSWER-increase in the numbers of single women in
poverty alone, primarily as single mothers
high income countries - ANSWER-highest standard of living
middle income countries - ANSWER-somewhat poorer nations with economic
development typical for the world as a whole
