FSU SYG1000 FINAL EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
ALREADY GRADED A+
What has modern science determined about racial categories?
Ans✓✓✓Biologically there is no such thing as a pure race
How do sociologists define race? Ans✓✓✓Perceived social category
How do sociologists define ethnicity? Ans✓✓✓Group with shared
cultural heritage
How do sociologists define a minority group? Ans✓✓✓A group that
suffers unequal treatment.
What is a set of beliefs about the superiority of one racial group
compared to another? Ans✓✓✓Racism
How is prejudice different from discrimination Ans✓✓✓Discrimination
= act. Prejudice = attitude.
Which racial group has the highest median income? Ans✓✓✓Asian-
American
The deliberate and systematic extermination of a racial or ethnic group
Ans✓✓✓Genocide
, What is it called when the minority group is absorbed into the dominant
group? Ans✓✓✓Assimilation
In addition to who we are, gender identity is also about? Ans✓✓✓How
we act
How do sociologists differentiate between sex and gender? Ans✓✓✓Sex
= biological. gender = social.
The belief that the experiences of men and women are different as a
result of differences in anatomy. Ans✓✓✓Human sexual dimorphism
What group of people is challenging contemporary society to broaden its
definitions of sex and gender? Ans✓✓✓Transgender people
People who see gender as immutable and deriving solely from biology
Ans✓✓✓Essentialists
The roles, traits, and behaviors associated with a particular gender
Ans✓✓✓Gender identity
How do sociologists define patriarchy? Ans✓✓✓Male domination
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
ALREADY GRADED A+
What has modern science determined about racial categories?
Ans✓✓✓Biologically there is no such thing as a pure race
How do sociologists define race? Ans✓✓✓Perceived social category
How do sociologists define ethnicity? Ans✓✓✓Group with shared
cultural heritage
How do sociologists define a minority group? Ans✓✓✓A group that
suffers unequal treatment.
What is a set of beliefs about the superiority of one racial group
compared to another? Ans✓✓✓Racism
How is prejudice different from discrimination Ans✓✓✓Discrimination
= act. Prejudice = attitude.
Which racial group has the highest median income? Ans✓✓✓Asian-
American
The deliberate and systematic extermination of a racial or ethnic group
Ans✓✓✓Genocide
, What is it called when the minority group is absorbed into the dominant
group? Ans✓✓✓Assimilation
In addition to who we are, gender identity is also about? Ans✓✓✓How
we act
How do sociologists differentiate between sex and gender? Ans✓✓✓Sex
= biological. gender = social.
The belief that the experiences of men and women are different as a
result of differences in anatomy. Ans✓✓✓Human sexual dimorphism
What group of people is challenging contemporary society to broaden its
definitions of sex and gender? Ans✓✓✓Transgender people
People who see gender as immutable and deriving solely from biology
Ans✓✓✓Essentialists
The roles, traits, and behaviors associated with a particular gender
Ans✓✓✓Gender identity
How do sociologists define patriarchy? Ans✓✓✓Male domination
