Sociology Race Test 4

A group of people that share observable physical traits and whom others construct into a group

• ethnicity
• values
• race

• beliefs

The set of cultural characteristics that distinguishes one group from another

• minority group
• ethnicity
• stereotype
• counter-culture

A minority group is a group of people who because of their physical characteristics or their cultural practices are singled out and treated unequally

• True
• False

An oversimplified, exaggerated and unfavorable generalization about a group of people

• prejudice
• ethnicity
• stereotype
• marginalization

The blending of culturally distinct groups into a single group within a common culture

• assimilation
• acculturation
• socialization
• stereotyping

The practice of blaming one‘s troubles on a innocent person or group is called prejudice.

• True
• False

The physical separation of a minority group from a dominant group

• ghettoism
• stereotyping
• segregation

A structure that exists wholly in theory and has no specific provable basis, i.e. Race.

• functional structuralism
• conflict theory
• sociological construct

 The act of placing a person or thing in a position of lesser importance, influence, or power.

• privileging
• desegregation
• marginalization
• assimilation

Benefits that belong to people because they fit into a specific social group or have certain identifiable traits.

• segregation
• conflict theory
• privilege