Terminology for Quiz #3

Flashcards based on key terminology for Quiz #3 from chapter #10.

What is the term for the socially constructed categories based on shared cultural traits or national origins?

Ethnicity

What term describes discrimination based on presumed biological differences?

Scientific Racism

What is the process of ending legal segregation between different racial or ethnic groups called?

Desegregation

What laws enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States?

Jim Crow Laws

What is the tendency to perceive members of a minority group in a limited or distorted way?

Selective Perception

What term refers to hostility towards minorities as a result of the perceived competition for resources?

Spillover Bigotry

What is a group of people who, because of their physical or cultural characteristics, are treated differently from others?

Minority Group

What term means the expulsion of a group from a particular area or country?

Expulsion

What is a system of social and economic control used to exploit a minority group in a society?

Internal Colonialism

What term describes the process by which a minority group gradually adopts the customs and attitudes of the dominant culture?

Assimilation

What type of discrimination is built into the social structure and is often upheld through laws and social institutions?

Institutional Discrimination

What is the form of segregation that exists in practice but not as a result of legal enforcement?

De Facto Segregation

What term refers to the unfair treatment of individuals based on their membership in a particular group?

Discrimination

What labor market theory suggests that the labor market is divided along racial or ethnic lines?

Split-Labor Market

What is a person's sense of belonging to a particular ethnic group or cultural identity?

Ethnic Identity

What term refers to the perceived social distance between groups?

Social Distance

What is the policy that seeks to improve opportunities for historically underrepresented groups?

Affirmative Action

What term describes a preconceived judgment or opinion about a group of people?

Prejudice

What is the historical and social process of racial categorization and the formation of racial identity?

Racial Formation

What term refers to the belief that one's own ethnic or cultural group is superior to others?

Nativism

What is the unintentional attitudes or stereotypes that affect understanding, actions, and decisions?

Implicit Bias

What is the term for the group that holds the most power in a society, often defining norms and values?

Dominant Group

What hypothesis suggests that intergroup contact under appropriate conditions can reduce prejudice?

Contact Hypothesis

What is a generalized belief about a particular category of people?

Stereotype

What term refers to the systematic extermination of a group of people based on their race or ethnicity?

Genocide

What is the legalized separation of different racial groups, enforced by law?

De Jure Segregation