2025 SOC 202 Final Exam Review Verified Questions & Answers University of
Michigan Sociology II Graded A+
Discrimination |- |answersUnjustifiable |negative |behavior |toward |a |group |and |its |members
Prejudice |- |answersA |negative |attitude |toward |an |entire |category |of |people
Individual |discrimination |- |answersDiscrimination |carried |out |by |one |person |against |another
Institutional |discrimination |- |answersNegative |treatment |of |a |minority |group |that |is |built |into |a |
society's |institutions
How |is |race |socially |constructed? |- |answersIt's |a |classification |system |that |has |accumulated |
throughout |history |that |continues |to |change |due |to |sociological |institutions
Ethnicity |- |answersIdentity |with |a |group |of |people |that |share |distinct |physical |and |mental |traits |as |a |
product |of |common |heredity |and |cultural |traditions
Race |- |answersIdentity |with |a |group |of |people |descended |from |a |common |ancestor
Horizontal |mobility |- |answersthe |movement |of |an |individual |from |one |social |position |to |another |of |
the |same |rank
Vertical |mobility |- |answersthe |movement |of |an |individual |from |one |social |position |to |another |of |a |
different |rank
Structural |mobility |- |answersmobility |that |is |inevitable |from |changes |in |the |economy
Income |- |answersearnings |from |work |or |investment
Wealth |- |answersthe |value |of |assets |owned
Cumulative |advantage/disadvantage
How |does |it |relate |to |contemporary |social |class |inequality? |- |answerswhen |someone |gains |a |small |
advantage/disadvantage |over |others, |this |will |accumulate |into |a |bigger |advantage/disadvantage
This |relates |to |social |class |inequality |because |those |with |more |opportunities |will |only |go |up, |while |
those |that |have |a |harder |time |obtaining |opportunities |(or |are |shot |down) |will |never |grow
Social |mobility |- |answersa |change |in |position |within |the |social |hierarchy
Social |fact |- |answersa |thing |originating |in |the |culture |of |a |society |that |affects |the |behavior |or |
attitudes |of |an |individual
Social |class |stratification |- |answersThe |division |of |classes |based |on |social |opportunities
Gender |- |answersthe |biologically |and |socially |influenced |characteristics |by |which |people |define |male |
and |female
Michigan Sociology II Graded A+
Discrimination |- |answersUnjustifiable |negative |behavior |toward |a |group |and |its |members
Prejudice |- |answersA |negative |attitude |toward |an |entire |category |of |people
Individual |discrimination |- |answersDiscrimination |carried |out |by |one |person |against |another
Institutional |discrimination |- |answersNegative |treatment |of |a |minority |group |that |is |built |into |a |
society's |institutions
How |is |race |socially |constructed? |- |answersIt's |a |classification |system |that |has |accumulated |
throughout |history |that |continues |to |change |due |to |sociological |institutions
Ethnicity |- |answersIdentity |with |a |group |of |people |that |share |distinct |physical |and |mental |traits |as |a |
product |of |common |heredity |and |cultural |traditions
Race |- |answersIdentity |with |a |group |of |people |descended |from |a |common |ancestor
Horizontal |mobility |- |answersthe |movement |of |an |individual |from |one |social |position |to |another |of |
the |same |rank
Vertical |mobility |- |answersthe |movement |of |an |individual |from |one |social |position |to |another |of |a |
different |rank
Structural |mobility |- |answersmobility |that |is |inevitable |from |changes |in |the |economy
Income |- |answersearnings |from |work |or |investment
Wealth |- |answersthe |value |of |assets |owned
Cumulative |advantage/disadvantage
How |does |it |relate |to |contemporary |social |class |inequality? |- |answerswhen |someone |gains |a |small |
advantage/disadvantage |over |others, |this |will |accumulate |into |a |bigger |advantage/disadvantage
This |relates |to |social |class |inequality |because |those |with |more |opportunities |will |only |go |up, |while |
those |that |have |a |harder |time |obtaining |opportunities |(or |are |shot |down) |will |never |grow
Social |mobility |- |answersa |change |in |position |within |the |social |hierarchy
Social |fact |- |answersa |thing |originating |in |the |culture |of |a |society |that |affects |the |behavior |or |
attitudes |of |an |individual
Social |class |stratification |- |answersThe |division |of |classes |based |on |social |opportunities
Gender |- |answersthe |biologically |and |socially |influenced |characteristics |by |which |people |define |male |
and |female
