SOCIOL 1Z03 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Eurocentrism, Ingroups And Outgroups, Racialization

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCIOL 1Z03
• Professor: Lina Samuel

Document Summary

The group lacks social power: not about the size of group, rather lack of power that makes it a minority, ex: apartheid- numerically inferior white population dominated the numerically superior blacks. It was a legally entrenched which lasted from 1948 until the early 1990s. (smaller group dominating a larger group: 2. Distinct from the majority: majority uses dominance to control the social system. Ethnicity: socially constructed and multi-dimensional concept, includes one"s minority or majority status, ancestry, language, ascribed status, and often religious affiliation. (ie. identifying as greek). Part of identity and not fixed at birth as race is. *prejudice: a negative prejudgement- an assessment about what a person or group that is irrational, long- lasting, and not based on fact. *ecological fallacy: drawing conclusions about individual attributes from data gathered from an entire group ( all white people are hard-working ) *exception fallacy: drawing conclusions about an entire group based on observations of individuals, ex.