SYG 2000 EXAM 3 VERIFIED STUDY GUIDE
Official Racial Categories (6 Items) - Answers - -American Indian or Alaskan Native
-Asian
-Black
-Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander
-White
-Other
American Indian or Alaskan Native - Answers - Any person from any of the original
people of North America
Asian - Answers - Any person from any of the original people of Far East, Southeast
Asia, Or the Indian Subcontinent
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander - Answers - Any person from any of the
original people of Hawaii or the Pacific Islands
Black - Answers - Any person from any of the black racial groups of Africa
White - Answers - Any person from any of the original people of Europe, North America,
or the Middle East
Official Ethnicities (2 Items) - Answers - -Hispanic or Latino
-Not Hispanic or Latino
Hispanic or Latino - Answers - A person of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or
South American culture or other Spanish culture of origin, regardless of race.
Panethnicity - Answers - A process by which various people with distinct histories and
cultures are lumped together and seen as belonging to a single group
Racial Group - Answers - Distinguishes on the basis of hereditary physical traits (like
skin color)
Ethnic Group - Answers - Distinguishes on the basic of national origin, common
ancestry, place of birth, or distinctive social traits.
Brazilian Idea Of Race - Answers - Race is a spectrum from Branco (white) to Preto
(Black). There is no dividing line.
Factors of Race (3 Items) - Answers - -Chance
-Context
-Choice (in context e.g. someone of mixed race leaving on race out)
, One Drop Rule - Answers - Blacks are always black even when mixed with other races.
Racial Classification - Answers - Process by which people are assigned to racial
categories that are implicitly or explicitly ranked on a scale of social worth
Racism - Answers - A set of beliefs that uses biological factors to explain and justify
inequalities between racial groups
Basic Assumptions of Racism and Sexism (3 Items) - Answers - -People can be
classified into racial/sex categories on basic of physical traits
-Those traits are connected to deeper traits like intelligence or athletic ability
-Those traits are so significant they are used to explain and determine behavior and
inequalities
Colonialism - Answers - A foreign power uses superior military force to impose its
political, economic, social, and cultural institutions on an indigenous population in order
to control their resources
Scientific Racism - Answers - The use of faulty science to support a system of racism
Prejudice - Answers - A rigid unfavorable judgement about a category of people that is
applied to anyone who belongs to that category
Selective Perception - Answers - Noticing only behavior that supports a stereotype
Self-Fulfilling Prophecy - Answers - Even though our original definition of the situation is
false, we create conditions that make it come true (e.g. being rude to a person because
you think they're rude, so they end up being rude to you
Prejudice v. Discrimination - Answers - Prejudice is a predisposition to discriminate.
Discrimination is the actual act.
Manifest Function of Racial Classification - Answers - Tool used by govt. to
count/manage population
Latent Function of Racial Classification - Answers - Reinforces reality of race created by
government
Manifest Dysfunction of Racial Classification - Answers - Separates people into racial
categories
Latent Dysfunction of Racial Classification - Answers - Offers a set of assumptions
which can lead to stereotypes
Official Racial Categories (6 Items) - Answers - -American Indian or Alaskan Native
-Asian
-Black
-Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander
-White
-Other
American Indian or Alaskan Native - Answers - Any person from any of the original
people of North America
Asian - Answers - Any person from any of the original people of Far East, Southeast
Asia, Or the Indian Subcontinent
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander - Answers - Any person from any of the
original people of Hawaii or the Pacific Islands
Black - Answers - Any person from any of the black racial groups of Africa
White - Answers - Any person from any of the original people of Europe, North America,
or the Middle East
Official Ethnicities (2 Items) - Answers - -Hispanic or Latino
-Not Hispanic or Latino
Hispanic or Latino - Answers - A person of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or
South American culture or other Spanish culture of origin, regardless of race.
Panethnicity - Answers - A process by which various people with distinct histories and
cultures are lumped together and seen as belonging to a single group
Racial Group - Answers - Distinguishes on the basis of hereditary physical traits (like
skin color)
Ethnic Group - Answers - Distinguishes on the basic of national origin, common
ancestry, place of birth, or distinctive social traits.
Brazilian Idea Of Race - Answers - Race is a spectrum from Branco (white) to Preto
(Black). There is no dividing line.
Factors of Race (3 Items) - Answers - -Chance
-Context
-Choice (in context e.g. someone of mixed race leaving on race out)
, One Drop Rule - Answers - Blacks are always black even when mixed with other races.
Racial Classification - Answers - Process by which people are assigned to racial
categories that are implicitly or explicitly ranked on a scale of social worth
Racism - Answers - A set of beliefs that uses biological factors to explain and justify
inequalities between racial groups
Basic Assumptions of Racism and Sexism (3 Items) - Answers - -People can be
classified into racial/sex categories on basic of physical traits
-Those traits are connected to deeper traits like intelligence or athletic ability
-Those traits are so significant they are used to explain and determine behavior and
inequalities
Colonialism - Answers - A foreign power uses superior military force to impose its
political, economic, social, and cultural institutions on an indigenous population in order
to control their resources
Scientific Racism - Answers - The use of faulty science to support a system of racism
Prejudice - Answers - A rigid unfavorable judgement about a category of people that is
applied to anyone who belongs to that category
Selective Perception - Answers - Noticing only behavior that supports a stereotype
Self-Fulfilling Prophecy - Answers - Even though our original definition of the situation is
false, we create conditions that make it come true (e.g. being rude to a person because
you think they're rude, so they end up being rude to you
Prejudice v. Discrimination - Answers - Prejudice is a predisposition to discriminate.
Discrimination is the actual act.
Manifest Function of Racial Classification - Answers - Tool used by govt. to
count/manage population
Latent Function of Racial Classification - Answers - Reinforces reality of race created by
government
Manifest Dysfunction of Racial Classification - Answers - Separates people into racial
categories
Latent Dysfunction of Racial Classification - Answers - Offers a set of assumptions
which can lead to stereotypes
