Symbolic ethnicity - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Master status - : Determines a person's identity, Highly visible/obvious, Shapes a person's entire life *how? Could be an achieved or ascribed status. It just depends on what the person lists first and foremost about themselves or the order in which others describe the person. Ex: gender, race, ethnicity, education accomplishments, employment, family position, etc cohabitation - 60% Credentialism - refers to the increasing demand for certificates and degrees in order to prove an employee...

Suicide rates were higher in areas where an individual's ties to their group were disrupted or distorted. What did Emile Durkheim's research on suicide reveal? Positivism Which idea did Auguste Comte introduce to the field of sociology? Symbolic interactionism Which sociological perspective assumes that social life is shaped by the meanings people associate with things? Conflict Which sociological perspective views society as being made up of groups competing for scarc...

What is Race, according to Omi and Winant? - correct answer Race is a concept, a representation or signification of identity that refers to different types of human bodies, the perceived corporeal and phenotypic markers of difference and the meanings and social practices that are ascribed to these differences - has played an unique role in the formation and historical development of the United States What is ethnicity? - correct answer ...

UNIT 1 What is "sociological imagination"? How might it be used to study a particular issue? - A term coined by C. Wright Mills: "the awareness of the relationship between personal experience and the wider society. The capacity to shift from one perspective to another-from the political to the psychological; from examination of a single family to comparative assessment of the national budgets of the world." According to Marx, what is the basis of the conflict between the bourgeoisie an...

Omnivore's Paradox - Answer We are flexible but cautious species the need for humans to experiment w/food choices while being conservative Self-identity/ self-expression associated with food - Answer consumption of food means a personal incorporation we learn food preferences from trusted or valued other (elder, ect.) Ex of symbolic uses of foods - Answer bread- staff of life, bread breaking with friends, whole wheat bread: valuing health Culture - Answer values, belie...

1.1: Weber recounts her experience as a tennis player. She concludes that her _____ was an obstacle Social Class 1.2: What are the benefits of studying race, class, gender and sexuality according to Weber? -We recognize that we have all contributed to the oppression of others. -We recognize that we have limiting views of ourselves. -We recognize that there is a cost in maintaining dominance. 1.3: Occupy social positions in which they gain knowledge of a dominant group without g...

Suicide rates were higher in areas where an individual's ties to their group were disrupted or distorted. - Answer What did Emile Durkheim's research on suicide reveal? Positivism - Answer Which idea did Auguste Comte introduce to the field of sociology? Symbolic interactionism - Answer Which sociological perspective assumes that social life is shaped by the meanings people associate with things? Conflict - Answer Which sociological perspective views society as being made ...

HLTH 236 Midterm Exam - Questions with Verified Answers Hispanic teen pregnancy rates are: highest of all groups but declining like all other groups All of the following are characteristics of ethnicity except: eye color ________refers to the total effect of a person's actions and conduct during the successive phases of the person's existence that determines the person's destiny. Karma Which of the following is the emerging challenge for health communication? All of the above Which of the f...

soc 185 exam 2 Chamberlain School Of Nursing - Question and answers 100% correct soc 185 exam 2 State one way in which Asian immigrants and Latinos were 'brought' to the U.S - correct answer early migration driven by demands for cheap labor for agricultural, mining, fishing, service, other labor market. What is the difference between race and ethnicity? - correct answer Race is usually assigned, ethnicity is usually asserted, we decide what cultural adventures we want to participate ...

Suicide rates were higher in areas where an individual's ties to their group were disrupted or distorted. - What did Emile Durkheim's research on suicide reveal? Positivism - Which idea did Auguste Comte introduce to the field of sociology? Symbolic interactionism - Which sociological perspective assumes that social life is shaped by the meanings people associate with things? Conflict - Which sociological perspective views society as being made up of groups competing for scarce resour...