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Title: Chapter 11 vocab

Description: vocabulary

Total Flash Cards: 6

Created: 11/03/2008 17:30:50

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Term
Race
Definition
a socially constructed category of people who share biologically transmitted traits that members of a society consider important
Term
Ethnicity
Definition
a shared cultural heritage
Term
Minority
Definition
any category of people distinguished by physical or cultural difference that a society sets apart and subordinates
Term
Prejudice
Definition
a rigid and unfair generalization about an entire category of people
Term
Stereotype
Definition
an exaggerated description applied to every person in some category
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Social Distance
Definition
refers to how closely people are willing to interact with members of som category



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