The belief that all Irish are drunks is an example of

According to Pierre Bourdieu, ________ is the tendency of social class to be passed down from one generation to the next and consequently remain relatively stable over time.

In the 1960s, many sociologists noticed that economic obstacles alone were insufficient in explaining disparities in the educational attainment of children from different social classes. Which concept was introduced to explain these disparities?

The goal of affirmative action is to

According to Karl Marx, the social relations that matter MOST in a capitalist system are

Understanding that racism in the United States created and maintains inequality is characteristic of

Race is defined by sociologists

“Homogamy” is a term sociologists use to explain the tendency to choose romantic partners based on similarities in background and group membership. Why is this common?

White privilege is the idea that one group in society enjoys certain unearned privileges and that group members are

Pablo lives in the United States, where most people assume that he is Arab until they learn his name and hear his accent. They are surprised when Pablo tells them that he is from Spain and identifies as white, not Latino. Some people even tell Pablo that he isn’t really white. What does this suggest about race?

How does social class relate to race, ethnicity, gender, and age in the United States today?

The fact that immigrants from Eastern Europe, Asia, and Latin America tended to be shorter than native-born Americans was taken as evidence that there were inherent racial differences between these populations. However, the immigrants had children who grew up to be as tall as anyone else. Geneticists now understand that, although there can be considerable variation in height within a group due to genetics, height differences between groups are largely caused by diet. What does this demonstrate?

What explanation does functionalism have for prejudice and discrimination today?

Sociologists define ethnicity

A reporter who covers the police beat at a newspaper changes careers. She becomes an editor of nonfiction books and is paid the same salary as she was at the newspaper. What has she experienced?

A social scientist argues that inner-city families cannot escape a cycle of poverty because they see the lack of opportunities around them, decide that the world of the middle class is permanently closed to them, and do not try to maintain steady employment or send their children to college. What concept does this example highlight?

“White collar” workers employed in technical and lower-management positions belong to the

The deliberate and systematic extermination of a racial, ethnic, or national group is called

Many people became instant millionaires during the so-called dot-com boom of the late 1990s, although we usually think of social mobility as a result of individual effort. This is an example of

Karl Marx spent much of his life attempting to understand and describe how capitalism works. In one particularly vivid passage, he described the turbulence he saw as inherent in capitalism: “All that is solid melts into air, all that is holy is profaned, and man is at last compelled to face with sober senses his real condition of life and his relations with his kind.” What sort of relationships did he think his readers had with other people?

Texas has never had a Hispanic governor, and the percentage of Hispanic Americans in Texas state government is low. However, many Hispanic Americans live in Texas. In 2012, they made up nearly 40% of the state’s population. Would a sociologist in Texas call Hispanic Americans a minority group?

Sociologists define a minority group as a group

Lilly Ledbetter, a supervisor at a Goodyear tire plant, discovered late in her career that she had been paid considerably less than any of the other people in her position. She argued that being paid less was simple discrimination since she was the only female supervisor. Assuming Ledbetter was right, it shows that her workplace was NOT

What could be seen as evidence of individual discrimination if a landlord was found guilty of discriminatory practices for refusing to rent to Latino tenants?

Apartheid is a specific example of what system of social stratification?