Social Inequality & Diversity Flashcards
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Which concept describes the way multiple social identities such as race, gender, and class overlap to create compounded disadvantage?
Answer: Intersectionality
Intersectionality, coined by Kimberlé Crenshaw, describes how overlapping identities create unique, compounded experiences of discrimination.
The 'glass ceiling' metaphor in workplace sociology refers to:
Answer: Invisible barriers preventing women and minorities from reaching top positions
The glass ceiling describes informal, invisible structural barriers that block advancement for women and minorities despite apparent equal opportunity.
Structural functionalism explains social inequality primarily as:
Answer: A necessary mechanism that motivates individuals to fill important social roles
Davis and Moore's functionalist theory argues stratification motivates talented individuals to fill functionally important positions through differential rewards.
A sociologist studying 'redlining' would be examining:
Answer: Discriminatory denial of services to residents of racially defined neighborhoods
Redlining refers to the discriminatory practice of denying mortgages, insurance, or services to neighborhoods based on racial composition.
Which term describes the process by which newly arrived immigrants gradually adopt the culture of the host society?
Answer: Acculturation
Acculturation refers to the cultural change that occurs when individuals from one culture adopt elements of another through sustained contact.
Pierre Bourdieu's concept of 'habitus' most directly refers to:
Answer: Internalized dispositions and schemes of perception shaped by one's social position
Habitus is Bourdieu's term for the durable, transposable dispositions that individuals acquire through their social experiences and class position.
The 'feminization of poverty' refers to the trend that:
Answer: Women are more likely than men to experience poverty
The feminization of poverty describes how women, especially single mothers, are disproportionately represented among those living in poverty.