Details Title: Chapter 11 vocab Description: vocabulary Total Flash Cards: 6 Created: 11/03/2008 17:30:50		New Users: To study from this flashcard set, or to create your own your own study flash cards, REGISTER HERE. Existing Users: CLICK HERE. Additional Sociology Flashcards
Cards in this set: 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 Term Social Distance Definition refers to how closely people are willing to interact with members of som category