Exam 1 Review
• From Chapter 1
• Understand the concept of Social Distance
• Definition of a Minority Group and their characteristics
• Definitions of “Race” and “Ethnic Group”
• Definitions of Ethnocentrism, Afrocentrism, and Eurocentrism
• The Dillingham Flaw
• From Chapter 2
• What is culture (Material and non-material)
• Cultural Diffusion
• Be familiar with the Basic U.S. values (table 2.1)
• Be familiar with the concepts of Convergent and Persistent
Subcultures
• From Chapter 3
• Definition of Prejudice and the 3 levels of prejudice (make sure that
you know the definitions of each)
• Know the difference between the psychology and the sociology of
prejudice
• Scapegoating and stereotyping
• Know what we have tried in order to reduce levels of prejudice
• Discrimination including its social and institutional forms
• Know the definition of Stereotype and Scapegoating
• Affirmative Action
• From Chapter 4
• Dominant group Responses (i.e. expulsion, xenophobia, segregation)
• Know the theories of Minority Integration and their characteristics.