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1. What are the main bases of discrimination?

a) Individuals whose internal sense of being male or female (gender identity) is different from the sex they were assigned at birth (DoD HDBK) b) Having or relating to a gender identity that differs from the culturally determined gender roles for one's birth sex (APA)treating someone unfavorably because the person is married to (or associated with) a person of a certain race or color, or because of a person's connection with a race-based organization or group or an organization or group that is generally associated with people of a certain color. Discrimination can occur when the victim and the person who inflicted the discrimination are the same race or color.race, color, national origin, sex (to include gender identity), religion, and sexual orientationIn his book, Race and Ethnic Relations (2003), Joe Feagin and Clairece Booher-Feagin describe major types of discrimination that draw upon two dimensions of scale which are

2. Transgender person is broadly defined as:

treating someone unfavorably because the person is married to (or associated with) a person of a certain race or color, or because of a person's connection with a race-based organization or group or an organization or group that is generally associated with people of a certain color. Discrimination can occur when the victim and the person who inflicted the discrimination are the same race or color.race, color, national origin, sex (to include gender identity), religion, and sexual orientationIn his book, Race and Ethnic Relations (2003), Joe Feagin and Clairece Booher-Feagin describe major types of discrimination that draw upon two dimensions of scale which area) Individuals whose internal sense of being male or female (gender identity) is different from the sex they were assigned at birth (DoD HDBK) b) Having or relating to a gender identity that differs from the culturally determined gender roles for one's birth sex (APA)

3. Color Discrimination

race, color, national origin, sex (to include gender identity), religion, and sexual orientationa) Individuals whose internal sense of being male or female (gender identity) is different from the sex they were assigned at birth (DoD HDBK) b) Having or relating to a gender identity that differs from the culturally determined gender roles for one's birth sex (APA)In his book, Race and Ethnic Relations (2003), Joe Feagin and Clairece Booher-Feagin describe major types of discrimination that draw upon two dimensions of scale which aretreating someone unfavorably because the person is married to (or associated with) a person of a certain race or color, or because of a person's connection with a race-based organization or group or an organization or group that is generally associated with people of a certain color. Discrimination can occur when the victim and the person who inflicted the discrimination are the same race or color.

4. intentional and unintentional

In his book, Race and Ethnic Relations (2003), Joe Feagin and Clairece Booher-Feagin describe major types of discrimination that draw upon two dimensions of scale which arerace, color, national origin, sex (to include gender identity), religion, and sexual orientationa) Individuals whose internal sense of being male or female (gender identity) is different from the sex they were assigned at birth (DoD HDBK) b) Having or relating to a gender identity that differs from the culturally determined gender roles for one's birth sex (APA)treating someone unfavorably because the person is married to (or associated with) a person of a certain race or color, or because of a person's connection with a race-based organization or group or an organization or group that is generally associated with people of a certain color. Discrimination can occur when the victim and the person who inflicted the discrimination are the same race or color.

5. In what way does intergroup anxiety inactively contribute to prejudice and discrimination?

fear about negative outcomes for self, such as being embarrassed, rejected, or ridiculedtreating someone unfavorably because the person is married to (or associated with) a person of a certain race or color, or because of a person's connection with a race-based organization or group or an organization or group that is generally associated with people of a certain color. Discrimination can occur when the victim and the person who inflicted the discrimination are the same race or color.a) Individuals whose internal sense of being male or female (gender identity) is different from the sex they were assigned at birth (DoD HDBK) b) Having or relating to a gender identity that differs from the culturally determined gender roles for one's birth sex (APA)race, color, national origin, sex (to include gender identity), religion, and sexual orientation

6. Direct Institutionalized

a) Individuals whose internal sense of being male or female (gender identity) is different from the sex they were assigned at birth (DoD HDBK) b) Having or relating to a gender identity that differs from the culturally determined gender roles for one's birth sex (APA)treating someone unfavorably because the person is married to (or associated with) a person of a certain race or color, or because of a person's connection with a race-based organization or group or an organization or group that is generally associated with people of a certain color. Discrimination can occur when the victim and the person who inflicted the discrimination are the same race or color.race, color, national origin, sex (to include gender identity), religion, and sexual orientationorganizationally prescribed or community-prescribed action that by intention has a differential and negative impact on members of another group. These actions are not sporadic,but are carried out routinely by a large number of members of another group guided by the legal or informal norms of the immediate organizational or community context. (Type C)

7. Disability Discrimination

when an employer or other entity covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act, as amended, or the Rehabilitation Act, as amended, treats a qualified individual with a disability who is an employee or applicant unfavorably because they have a disability.a) Individuals whose internal sense of being male or female (gender identity) is different from the sex they were assigned at birth (DoD HDBK) b) Having or relating to a gender identity that differs from the culturally determined gender roles for one's birth sex (APA)treating someone unfavorably because the person is married to (or associated with) a person of a certain race or color, or because of a person's connection with a race-based organization or group or an organization or group that is generally associated with people of a certain color. Discrimination can occur when the victim and the person who inflicted the discrimination are the same race or color.race, color, national origin, sex (to include gender identity), religion, and sexual orientation

8. Social learning theory

children learn prejudice and stereotypes from adult influencers during early socialization (parents, teachers, etc.)a) Individuals whose internal sense of being male or female (gender identity) is different from the sex they were assigned at birth (DoD HDBK) b) Having or relating to a gender identity that differs from the culturally determined gender roles for one's birth sex (APA)treating someone unfavorably because the person is married to (or associated with) a person of a certain race or color, or because of a person's connection with a race-based organization or group or an organization or group that is generally associated with people of a certain color. Discrimination can occur when the victim and the person who inflicted the discrimination are the same race or color.race, color, national origin, sex (to include gender identity), religion, and sexual orientation

9. The Civil Rights Act of 1964

Prohibits discrimination in a broad array of private conduct including public accommodations, governmental services, and education.a) Individuals whose internal sense of being male or female (gender identity) is different from the sex they were assigned at birth (DoD HDBK) b) Having or relating to a gender identity that differs from the culturally determined gender roles for one's birth sex (APA)treating someone unfavorably because the person is married to (or associated with) a person of a certain race or color, or because of a person's connection with a race-based organization or group or an organization or group that is generally associated with people of a certain color. Discrimination can occur when the victim and the person who inflicted the discrimination are the same race or color.race, color, national origin, sex (to include gender identity), religion, and sexual orientation

10. their connection with an ethnic organization or group.

race, color, national origin, sex (to include gender identity), religion, and sexual orientationNational origin discrimination also involves treating people unfavorably because they are married to (or associated with) a person of a certain national origin or because oftreating someone unfavorably because the person is married to (or associated with) a person of a certain race or color, or because of a person's connection with a race-based organization or group or an organization or group that is generally associated with people of a certain color. Discrimination can occur when the victim and the person who inflicted the discrimination are the same race or color.a) Individuals whose internal sense of being male or female (gender identity) is different from the sex they were assigned at birth (DoD HDBK) b) Having or relating to a gender identity that differs from the culturally determined gender roles for one's birth sex (APA)

11. What part of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex or national origin and applies to private employers, labor unions, and employment agencies. The Act prohibits discrimination in recruitment, hiring, wages, assignment, promotions, benefits, discipline, discharge, layoffs, and almost every aspect of employment.

treating someone unfavorably because the person is married to (or associated with) a person of a certain race or color, or because of a person's connection with a race-based organization or group or an organization or group that is generally associated with people of a certain color. Discrimination can occur when the victim and the person who inflicted the discrimination are the same race or color.Title VIIa) Individuals whose internal sense of being male or female (gender identity) is different from the sex they were assigned at birth (DoD HDBK) b) Having or relating to a gender identity that differs from the culturally determined gender roles for one's birth sex (APA)race, color, national origin, sex (to include gender identity), religion, and sexual orientation

12. In what ways does prejudice and discrimination manifest through social learning and conformity?

a. Social learning theory - children learn prejudice and stereotypes from adult influencers during early socialization (parents, teachers, etc.)b. Laws, regulations, and norms of segregation or unequal access, which maintain the power of dominant groups over subordinate onesc. Mass media - Media's portrayal of racial and ethnic groups may be a person's principal source of information. If the media communicates primarily in stereotypes and the viewer has little opportunity for personal contact with members of that minority, the probability of the stereotype becoming the reality to the viewer is high. d. Educational system - Schools share responsibility for socializing groups of young people in particular skills and values in our society. e. Structure and functioning of work organizationstreating someone unfavorably because the person is married to (or associated with) a person of a certain race or color, or because of a person's connection with a race-based organization or group or an organization or group that is generally associated with people of a certain color. Discrimination can occur when the victim and the person who inflicted the discrimination are the same race or color.race, color, national origin, sex (to include gender identity), religion, and sexual orientationa) Individuals whose internal sense of being male or female (gender identity) is different from the sex they were assigned at birth (DoD HDBK) b) Having or relating to a gender identity that differs from the culturally determined gender roles for one's birth sex (APA)

13. What is an action-oriented level of prejudice?

race, color, national origin, sex (to include gender identity), religion, and sexual orientationIt is the positive or negative predisposition to engage in discriminatory behavior.a) Individuals whose internal sense of being male or female (gender identity) is different from the sex they were assigned at birth (DoD HDBK) b) Having or relating to a gender identity that differs from the culturally determined gender roles for one's birth sex (APA)treating someone unfavorably because the person is married to (or associated with) a person of a certain race or color, or because of a person's connection with a race-based organization or group or an organization or group that is generally associated with people of a certain color. Discrimination can occur when the victim and the person who inflicted the discrimination are the same race or color.

14. Gender identity refers to:

a) An individual's internal sense of being male or female (DoD HDBK) b) One's inner sense of one's own gender, which may or may not match the sex assigned at birth (OPM) c) One's self identification as male or female (APA)race, color, national origin, sex (to include gender identity), religion, and sexual orientationa) Individuals whose internal sense of being male or female (gender identity) is different from the sex they were assigned at birth (DoD HDBK) b) Having or relating to a gender identity that differs from the culturally determined gender roles for one's birth sex (APA)treating someone unfavorably because the person is married to (or associated with) a person of a certain race or color, or because of a person's connection with a race-based organization or group or an organization or group that is generally associated with people of a certain color. Discrimination can occur when the victim and the person who inflicted the discrimination are the same race or color.

15. Key terms associated with sex discrimination.

treating someone unfavorably because the person is married to (or associated with) a person of a certain race or color, or because of a person's connection with a race-based organization or group or an organization or group that is generally associated with people of a certain color. Discrimination can occur when the victim and the person who inflicted the discrimination are the same race or color.race, color, national origin, sex (to include gender identity), religion, and sexual orientationSex - Gender - Gender identity - Gender expression - Transgendera) Individuals whose internal sense of being male or female (gender identity) is different from the sex they were assigned at birth (DoD HDBK) b) Having or relating to a gender identity that differs from the culturally determined gender roles for one's birth sex (APA)

16. What does emotional prejudice refer to?

treating someone unfavorably because the person is married to (or associated with) a person of a certain race or color, or because of a person's connection with a race-based organization or group or an organization or group that is generally associated with people of a certain color. Discrimination can occur when the victim and the person who inflicted the discrimination are the same race or color.race, color, national origin, sex (to include gender identity), religion, and sexual orientationTo emotions and feelings of hostility or liking. It may be found in attitudes toward members of particular classes such as race, ethnicity, national origin, or creed.a) Individuals whose internal sense of being male or female (gender identity) is different from the sex they were assigned at birth (DoD HDBK) b) Having or relating to a gender identity that differs from the culturally determined gender roles for one's birth sex (APA)

17. In what way do stereotypes inactively contribute to prejudice and discrimination?

treating someone unfavorably because the person is married to (or associated with) a person of a certain race or color, or because of a person's connection with a race-based organization or group or an organization or group that is generally associated with people of a certain color. Discrimination can occur when the victim and the person who inflicted the discrimination are the same race or color.race, color, national origin, sex (to include gender identity), religion, and sexual orientationa) Individuals whose internal sense of being male or female (gender identity) is different from the sex they were assigned at birth (DoD HDBK) b) Having or relating to a gender identity that differs from the culturally determined gender roles for one's birth sex (APA)when expectations are negative, conflict or unpleasant interactions are likely to be anticipated.

18. At the heart of prejudice lie two concepts:

treating someone unfavorably because the person is married to (or associated with) a person of a certain race or color, or because of a person's connection with a race-based organization or group or an organization or group that is generally associated with people of a certain color. Discrimination can occur when the victim and the person who inflicted the discrimination are the same race or color.ignorance and fearrace, color, national origin, sex (to include gender identity), religion, and sexual orientationa) Individuals whose internal sense of being male or female (gender identity) is different from the sex they were assigned at birth (DoD HDBK) b) Having or relating to a gender identity that differs from the culturally determined gender roles for one's birth sex (APA)

19. Sex refers to:

a) The biological differences between male and female including chromosomes, hormonal profiles, and reproductive organs. b) It is also referred to as the assignment made at birth as male or female, based on anatomy.race, color, national origin, sex (to include gender identity), religion, and sexual orientationa) Individuals whose internal sense of being male or female (gender identity) is different from the sex they were assigned at birth (DoD HDBK) b) Having or relating to a gender identity that differs from the culturally determined gender roles for one's birth sex (APA)treating someone unfavorably because the person is married to (or associated with) a person of a certain race or color, or because of a person's connection with a race-based organization or group or an organization or group that is generally associated with people of a certain color. Discrimination can occur when the victim and the person who inflicted the discrimination are the same race or color.

20. What types of realistic threats inactively contribute to prejudice and discrimination?

threats to political, economic, physical or material well-being of ingrouptreating someone unfavorably because the person is married to (or associated with) a person of a certain race or color, or because of a person's connection with a race-based organization or group or an organization or group that is generally associated with people of a certain color. Discrimination can occur when the victim and the person who inflicted the discrimination are the same race or color.race, color, national origin, sex (to include gender identity), religion, and sexual orientationa) Individuals whose internal sense of being male or female (gender identity) is different from the sex they were assigned at birth (DoD HDBK) b) Having or relating to a gender identity that differs from the culturally determined gender roles for one's birth sex (APA)

21. Genetic Information

treating someone unfavorably because the person is married to (or associated with) a person of a certain race or color, or because of a person's connection with a race-based organization or group or an organization or group that is generally associated with people of a certain color. Discrimination can occur when the victim and the person who inflicted the discrimination are the same race or color.includes information about an individual's genetic tests and the genetic tests of an individual's family members, as well as information about the manifestation of a disease or disorder in an individual's family members (i.e., family medical history).a) Individuals whose internal sense of being male or female (gender identity) is different from the sex they were assigned at birth (DoD HDBK) b) Having or relating to a gender identity that differs from the culturally determined gender roles for one's birth sex (APA)race, color, national origin, sex (to include gender identity), religion, and sexual orientation

22. What are examples of Housing Institutionalized Discrimination?

race, color, national origin, sex (to include gender identity), religion, and sexual orientationtreating someone unfavorably because the person is married to (or associated with) a person of a certain race or color, or because of a person's connection with a race-based organization or group or an organization or group that is generally associated with people of a certain color. Discrimination can occur when the victim and the person who inflicted the discrimination are the same race or color.a) Individuals whose internal sense of being male or female (gender identity) is different from the sex they were assigned at birth (DoD HDBK) b) Having or relating to a gender identity that differs from the culturally determined gender roles for one's birth sex (APA)Steering and Red lining

23. Educational system (Social learning and conformity)

a) Individuals whose internal sense of being male or female (gender identity) is different from the sex they were assigned at birth (DoD HDBK) b) Having or relating to a gender identity that differs from the culturally determined gender roles for one's birth sex (APA)race, color, national origin, sex (to include gender identity), religion, and sexual orientationSchools share responsibility for socializing groups of young people in particular skills and values in our society.treating someone unfavorably because the person is married to (or associated with) a person of a certain race or color, or because of a person's connection with a race-based organization or group or an organization or group that is generally associated with people of a certain color. Discrimination can occur when the victim and the person who inflicted the discrimination are the same race or color.

24. What is the Allport definition of prejudice?

An antipathy based upon faulty and inflexible generalization.treating someone unfavorably because the person is married to (or associated with) a person of a certain race or color, or because of a person's connection with a race-based organization or group or an organization or group that is generally associated with people of a certain color. Discrimination can occur when the victim and the person who inflicted the discrimination are the same race or color.a) Individuals whose internal sense of being male or female (gender identity) is different from the sex they were assigned at birth (DoD HDBK) b) Having or relating to a gender identity that differs from the culturally determined gender roles for one's birth sex (APA)race, color, national origin, sex (to include gender identity), religion, and sexual orientation

25. What is antipathy?

It is a strong hostility and dislike. It may be felt or expressed. It also may be directed toward a group as a whole or toward an individual because he/she is a member of that group.race, color, national origin, sex (to include gender identity), religion, and sexual orientationtreating someone unfavorably because the person is married to (or associated with) a person of a certain race or color, or because of a person's connection with a race-based organization or group or an organization or group that is generally associated with people of a certain color. Discrimination can occur when the victim and the person who inflicted the discrimination are the same race or color.a) Individuals whose internal sense of being male or female (gender identity) is different from the sex they were assigned at birth (DoD HDBK) b) Having or relating to a gender identity that differs from the culturally determined gender roles for one's birth sex (APA)

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