RCM Mod. 7 Quiz

Acculturation

minority groups adapted to the dominant culture while maintaining some cultural uniqueness such as language, traditions, and dietary customs

Affective Form

indicate our likes and dislikes of others

Assimilation

minority groups were forced to assume and absorb the majority (dominant group) culture

Authoritarian Personality

prone to prejudice in order to fulfill their own personality needs

Cognitive Dissonance

we feel when we are around others who live and think differently than ourselves makes us alter our thoughts and behaviors towards acceptance or rejection of the “different” person in order to restore cognitive balanc

Cognitive Form

depicts the beliefs we think are true about others

Color Blindness

redirecting attention or ignoring race, believe they are practicing racial equality, and it will eliminate racist atmosphere

Conative Dimension

behavior we are likely to display towards others as a result of our prejudice

Critical Race Theory

socio-intellectual movement of civil rights scholars and activists who challenge approaches to racial justice in U.S. laws

Cultural Fit

acceptance from those who share uniqueness or the same cultural characteristics

Cultural Hegemony

suggests that culture is not autonomous, it is conditionally dictated, regulated, and controlled by dominant or powerful groups.

Cultural Power

social, economic, and political power that influences people’s lives by controlling the prevailing norms or rules and making individuals adhere to the dominant group culture voluntarily or involuntarily

Cultural Relativism

evaluate a person’s values, beliefs, and practices from their own cultural standards rather than be judged against the criteria of another

Discrimination

an action of unfair treatment against someone based on characteristics such as age, gender, race, religion, etc.

Ethnocentrism

practice of judging others through our own cultural lens

Eurocentrism

worldview centered on Western civilization derived from the culture and history of Western Europe and the early colonize

Fallacies

errors in our reasoning that undermine logical thinking

Ideological Racism

belief that some people are biologically, intellectually, and culturally inferior to other

In-group

group toward which one feels particular loyalty and respect

Individual Discrimination

unfair treatment directed against someone

Institutional Discrimination

negative systemic treatment of individuals by society through education, government, economy, health care, etc

Out-group

group toward which one feels antagonism and contempt

Overcategorize

exaggerating a group’s belief system, associating the belief with a certain type of people, and defining the belief and type of people in a positive or negative way to justify a favorable or unfavorable prejudice

Prejudice

attitude of thoughts and feelings directed at someone from prejudging or making negative assumptions

Racial Prejudice

fundamental attitude that favors one racial-ethnic group over another, lending it to cause unequal treatment on the basis of race

Racial Privilege

the distribution of resources and opportunities are not equal among racial and ethnic categories, and White groups do better than other groups and Blacks are predominantly among the underclass

Racism

an attitude, ideology, behavior, or social arrangement that benefits and supports a particular race or ethnic group over another

Reference Group

provides a standard for judging one’s own attitudes or behaviors within a social setting or context

Scientific Racism

scientific theory forming racist bias in research

Social Location

place or position people occupy in society

Socialization

people learn or are socialized to be prejudiced

Socioeconomic Status

an individual’s social position or class

Stereotypes

oversimplified ideas about groups of people we believe to be true

Symbolic Interactionism

examining micro-level interactions of thinking and behavior

White Supremacy

belief that White people are a superior race and must dominate society to the exclusion or detriment of other racial-ethnic groups