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1. Discrimination Against Women

three primary methods of discrimination -during the hiring process: women are given jobs with lower occupational prestige than men who have equivalent qualifications -through unequal wage policies: women receive less pay than men for equivalent work -in the awarding of promotions: women find it more difficult than men to move up the career ladderImpact of industrialization -isolated nuclear family -weak ties to extensive kinship network -increased movement between classesthe physical and biological differences men and women. -evident by physical distinctions in anatomical, chromosomal, hormonal, and physiological characteristics -Ascribed status: person is born either male or femaledraws together those who hold it -eases conscience of exploiters in depriving others based on perception of competitors as somehow less than human or inherently unworthy -allows projection onto others of those parts of ourselves that we do not like and therefore try to avoid facing

2. Transformation of the Family

Impact of industrialization -isolated nuclear family -weak ties to extensive kinship network -increased movement between classesdraws together those who hold it -eases conscience of exploiters in depriving others based on perception of competitors as somehow less than human or inherently unworthy -allows projection onto others of those parts of ourselves that we do not like and therefore try to avoid facingthe physical and biological differences men and women. -evident by physical distinctions in anatomical, chromosomal, hormonal, and physiological characteristics -Ascribed status: person is born either male or femalethree primary methods of discrimination -during the hiring process: women are given jobs with lower occupational prestige than men who have equivalent qualifications -through unequal wage policies: women receive less pay than men for equivalent work -in the awarding of promotions: women find it more difficult than men to move up the career ladder

3. Sex

three primary methods of discrimination -during the hiring process: women are given jobs with lower occupational prestige than men who have equivalent qualifications -through unequal wage policies: women receive less pay than men for equivalent work -in the awarding of promotions: women find it more difficult than men to move up the career ladderdraws together those who hold it -eases conscience of exploiters in depriving others based on perception of competitors as somehow less than human or inherently unworthy -allows projection onto others of those parts of ourselves that we do not like and therefore try to avoid facingthe physical and biological differences men and women. -evident by physical distinctions in anatomical, chromosomal, hormonal, and physiological characteristics -Ascribed status: person is born either male or femaleImpact of industrialization -isolated nuclear family -weak ties to extensive kinship network -increased movement between classes

4. Causes of Prejudice

draws together those who hold it -eases conscience of exploiters in depriving others based on perception of competitors as somehow less than human or inherently unworthy -allows projection onto others of those parts of ourselves that we do not like and therefore try to avoid facingthree primary methods of discrimination -during the hiring process: women are given jobs with lower occupational prestige than men who have equivalent qualifications -through unequal wage policies: women receive less pay than men for equivalent work -in the awarding of promotions: women find it more difficult than men to move up the career ladderImpact of industrialization -isolated nuclear family -weak ties to extensive kinship network -increased movement between classesthe physical and biological differences men and women. -evident by physical distinctions in anatomical, chromosomal, hormonal, and physiological characteristics -Ascribed status: person is born either male or female

5. ethology is the study of what

the physical and biological differences men and women. -evident by physical distinctions in anatomical, chromosomal, hormonal, and physiological characteristics -Ascribed status: person is born either male or femalethree primary methods of discrimination -during the hiring process: women are given jobs with lower occupational prestige than men who have equivalent qualifications -through unequal wage policies: women receive less pay than men for equivalent work -in the awarding of promotions: women find it more difficult than men to move up the career ladderanimal behaviorImpact of industrialization -isolated nuclear family -weak ties to extensive kinship network -increased movement between classes

6. Assimilation

the process whereby groups with different cultures come to have a common culture. -fusion of cultural heritages -integration of new elements with old ones -transfer of culture from one group to another -includes problem of selection; ancient ideologies, habits, customs, attitudes, and languageImpact of industrialization -isolated nuclear family -weak ties to extensive kinship network -increased movement between classesthe physical and biological differences men and women. -evident by physical distinctions in anatomical, chromosomal, hormonal, and physiological characteristics -Ascribed status: person is born either male or femalethree primary methods of discrimination -during the hiring process: women are given jobs with lower occupational prestige than men who have equivalent qualifications -through unequal wage policies: women receive less pay than men for equivalent work -in the awarding of promotions: women find it more difficult than men to move up the career ladder

7. Kenneth and Elaine are a young American couple about to be married for the fist time. it is likely that...

the physical and biological differences men and women. -evident by physical distinctions in anatomical, chromosomal, hormonal, and physiological characteristics -Ascribed status: person is born either male or femalekenneth and elaine will be about the same age, with kenneth being slightly olderImpact of industrialization -isolated nuclear family -weak ties to extensive kinship network -increased movement between classesthree primary methods of discrimination -during the hiring process: women are given jobs with lower occupational prestige than men who have equivalent qualifications -through unequal wage policies: women receive less pay than men for equivalent work -in the awarding of promotions: women find it more difficult than men to move up the career ladder

8. Patterns of Racial and Ethnic Relations

Impact of industrialization -isolated nuclear family -weak ties to extensive kinship network -increased movement between classesassimilation, pluralism, subjugation, segregation, explusion, annihilationthree primary methods of discrimination -during the hiring process: women are given jobs with lower occupational prestige than men who have equivalent qualifications -through unequal wage policies: women receive less pay than men for equivalent work -in the awarding of promotions: women find it more difficult than men to move up the career ladderthe physical and biological differences men and women. -evident by physical distinctions in anatomical, chromosomal, hormonal, and physiological characteristics -Ascribed status: person is born either male or female

9. research shows that the division of labor by sex occurs in all known societies. true of false

three primary methods of discrimination -during the hiring process: women are given jobs with lower occupational prestige than men who have equivalent qualifications -through unequal wage policies: women receive less pay than men for equivalent work -in the awarding of promotions: women find it more difficult than men to move up the career ladderthe physical and biological differences men and women. -evident by physical distinctions in anatomical, chromosomal, hormonal, and physiological characteristics -Ascribed status: person is born either male or femaletrueImpact of industrialization -isolated nuclear family -weak ties to extensive kinship network -increased movement between classes

10. Historical Views

Impact of industrialization -isolated nuclear family -weak ties to extensive kinship network -increased movement between classesthe physical and biological differences men and women. -evident by physical distinctions in anatomical, chromosomal, hormonal, and physiological characteristics -Ascribed status: person is born either male or femalethree primary methods of discrimination -during the hiring process: women are given jobs with lower occupational prestige than men who have equivalent qualifications -through unequal wage policies: women receive less pay than men for equivalent work -in the awarding of promotions: women find it more difficult than men to move up the career ladderunderstanding the traditional social roles of men and women

11. Childhood Socialization

Impact of industrialization -isolated nuclear family -weak ties to extensive kinship network -increased movement between classesthree primary methods of discrimination -during the hiring process: women are given jobs with lower occupational prestige than men who have equivalent qualifications -through unequal wage policies: women receive less pay than men for equivalent work -in the awarding of promotions: women find it more difficult than men to move up the career ladderparent response and training based on their perception of what girls and boys are like and should be -parents' responses to girls and boys differ from the beginning: girls are caressed more than boys, boys are jostled and roughhoused more -mothers talk more to their daughters -fathers interact more with their sonsthe physical and biological differences men and women. -evident by physical distinctions in anatomical, chromosomal, hormonal, and physiological characteristics -Ascribed status: person is born either male or female

12. Magic

three primary methods of discrimination -during the hiring process: women are given jobs with lower occupational prestige than men who have equivalent qualifications -through unequal wage policies: women receive less pay than men for equivalent work -in the awarding of promotions: women find it more difficult than men to move up the career ladderthe physical and biological differences men and women. -evident by physical distinctions in anatomical, chromosomal, hormonal, and physiological characteristics -Ascribed status: person is born either male or femalean active attempt to coerce spirits or to control supernatural forces -used to manipulate and control matters that seem to be beyond human control and that may involve danger and uncertainty -a means to an endImpact of industrialization -isolated nuclear family -weak ties to extensive kinship network -increased movement between classes

13. Annihilation

the deliberate extermination of a racial or ethnic groupthe physical and biological differences men and women. -evident by physical distinctions in anatomical, chromosomal, hormonal, and physiological characteristics -Ascribed status: person is born either male or femaleImpact of industrialization -isolated nuclear family -weak ties to extensive kinship network -increased movement between classesthree primary methods of discrimination -during the hiring process: women are given jobs with lower occupational prestige than men who have equivalent qualifications -through unequal wage policies: women receive less pay than men for equivalent work -in the awarding of promotions: women find it more difficult than men to move up the career ladder

14. which country has the highest percentage of women who agree that wife beating is acceptable if a wife argues with her husband

15. The Functionalist Perspective

Impact of industrialization -isolated nuclear family -weak ties to extensive kinship network -increased movement between classesthree primary methods of discrimination -during the hiring process: women are given jobs with lower occupational prestige than men who have equivalent qualifications -through unequal wage policies: women receive less pay than men for equivalent work -in the awarding of promotions: women find it more difficult than men to move up the career ladderthe physical and biological differences men and women. -evident by physical distinctions in anatomical, chromosomal, hormonal, and physiological characteristics -Ascribed status: person is born either male or femalesatisfying individual need: Sigmund Freud -social cohesion: emile durkheim -establishing world views: max weber -adaptations to society: marvin harris/durkheim

16. Segregation

three primary methods of discrimination -during the hiring process: women are given jobs with lower occupational prestige than men who have equivalent qualifications -through unequal wage policies: women receive less pay than men for equivalent work -in the awarding of promotions: women find it more difficult than men to move up the career laddera form of subjugation -the act, process, or state of being set apart -places limits and restrictions on the contact, communication, and social relations among groupsImpact of industrialization -isolated nuclear family -weak ties to extensive kinship network -increased movement between classesthe physical and biological differences men and women. -evident by physical distinctions in anatomical, chromosomal, hormonal, and physiological characteristics -Ascribed status: person is born either male or female

17. What is the definition of an unprejudiced discriminator

Impact of industrialization -isolated nuclear family -weak ties to extensive kinship network -increased movement between classesthe physical and biological differences men and women. -evident by physical distinctions in anatomical, chromosomal, hormonal, and physiological characteristics -Ascribed status: person is born either male or femalethree primary methods of discrimination -during the hiring process: women are given jobs with lower occupational prestige than men who have equivalent qualifications -through unequal wage policies: women receive less pay than men for equivalent work -in the awarding of promotions: women find it more difficult than men to move up the career ladderfree from prejudice themselves but keep silent when bigots speak out

18. Elements of Religion

Impact of industrialization -isolated nuclear family -weak ties to extensive kinship network -increased movement between classesritual and prayer - emotion - belief - organizationthe physical and biological differences men and women. -evident by physical distinctions in anatomical, chromosomal, hormonal, and physiological characteristics -Ascribed status: person is born either male or femalethree primary methods of discrimination -during the hiring process: women are given jobs with lower occupational prestige than men who have equivalent qualifications -through unequal wage policies: women receive less pay than men for equivalent work -in the awarding of promotions: women find it more difficult than men to move up the career ladder

19. throughout history most people have freely chosen their own marriage partners. true or false

Impact of industrialization -isolated nuclear family -weak ties to extensive kinship network -increased movement between classesfalsethree primary methods of discrimination -during the hiring process: women are given jobs with lower occupational prestige than men who have equivalent qualifications -through unequal wage policies: women receive less pay than men for equivalent work -in the awarding of promotions: women find it more difficult than men to move up the career ladderthe physical and biological differences men and women. -evident by physical distinctions in anatomical, chromosomal, hormonal, and physiological characteristics -Ascribed status: person is born either male or female

20. Animism

Impact of industrialization -isolated nuclear family -weak ties to extensive kinship network -increased movement between classesthe belief in inanimate, personalized spirits of ghosts of ancestors that take an interest, in and actively work to influence, human affairsthree primary methods of discrimination -during the hiring process: women are given jobs with lower occupational prestige than men who have equivalent qualifications -through unequal wage policies: women receive less pay than men for equivalent work -in the awarding of promotions: women find it more difficult than men to move up the career ladderthe physical and biological differences men and women. -evident by physical distinctions in anatomical, chromosomal, hormonal, and physiological characteristics -Ascribed status: person is born either male or female

21. The Functionalist Viewpoint

Impact of industrialization -isolated nuclear family -weak ties to extensive kinship network -increased movement between classesTalcott Parsons and Robert Bales (1955) -division of labor and role differentiation by sex are universal principles of family organization and are functional to the modern family -family functions best when roles are assigned: instrumental role(father) expressive role(mother)the physical and biological differences men and women. -evident by physical distinctions in anatomical, chromosomal, hormonal, and physiological characteristics -Ascribed status: person is born either male or femalethree primary methods of discrimination -during the hiring process: women are given jobs with lower occupational prestige than men who have equivalent qualifications -through unequal wage policies: women receive less pay than men for equivalent work -in the awarding of promotions: women find it more difficult than men to move up the career ladder

22. Secularism

Impact of industrialization -isolated nuclear family -weak ties to extensive kinship network -increased movement between classesthe physical and biological differences men and women. -evident by physical distinctions in anatomical, chromosomal, hormonal, and physiological characteristics -Ascribed status: person is born either male or femalethree primary methods of discrimination -during the hiring process: women are given jobs with lower occupational prestige than men who have equivalent qualifications -through unequal wage policies: women receive less pay than men for equivalent work -in the awarding of promotions: women find it more difficult than men to move up the career laddermodern society is becoming increasingly secularized and less influenced by religion -religious institutions are being confined to ever-narrowing spheres of social influence, while people turn to secular sources for moral guidance in their everyday lives

23. Biological Views

Impact of industrialization -isolated nuclear family -weak ties to extensive kinship network -increased movement between classesanimal studies and sociobiology - ethology: scientific study of non-human animal behavior. sexual differences in behavior exist throughout much of the nonhuman animal world -sociobiology: human behavior grounded in genetics. overlooks important processes of socializationthree primary methods of discrimination -during the hiring process: women are given jobs with lower occupational prestige than men who have equivalent qualifications -through unequal wage policies: women receive less pay than men for equivalent work -in the awarding of promotions: women find it more difficult than men to move up the career ladderthe physical and biological differences men and women. -evident by physical distinctions in anatomical, chromosomal, hormonal, and physiological characteristics -Ascribed status: person is born either male or female

24. Racial and Ethnic Immigration to the United States

three primary methods of discrimination -during the hiring process: women are given jobs with lower occupational prestige than men who have equivalent qualifications -through unequal wage policies: women receive less pay than men for equivalent work -in the awarding of promotions: women find it more difficult than men to move up the career laddertwo perspectives of white ethnic immigration -old migration: people from northern Europe who came before the 1880s -new migration: much larger in numbers, people from southern and eastern Europe who came between 1880 and 1920.the physical and biological differences men and women. -evident by physical distinctions in anatomical, chromosomal, hormonal, and physiological characteristics -Ascribed status: person is born either male or femaleImpact of industrialization -isolated nuclear family -weak ties to extensive kinship network -increased movement between classes

25. Gender

Impact of industrialization -isolated nuclear family -weak ties to extensive kinship network -increased movement between classesthree primary methods of discrimination -during the hiring process: women are given jobs with lower occupational prestige than men who have equivalent qualifications -through unequal wage policies: women receive less pay than men for equivalent work -in the awarding of promotions: women find it more difficult than men to move up the career ladderthe physical and biological differences men and women. -evident by physical distinctions in anatomical, chromosomal, hormonal, and physiological characteristics -Ascribed status: person is born either male or femalethe social, psychological and cultural attributes of masculinity and femininity that are based on the previous biological distinctions -learned through the socialization process and thus is an achieved status -important factor in shaping people's self-images and social identities

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