SOC100H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7-8: Sex Segregation, Race Matters, Ndian
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Prejudice: an attitude that judges a person on his or her group"s real or imagined characteristics. Discrimination: unfair treatment of people because of their group membership, their prejudice. 3 main arguments against the idea that genes determine behaviour of racial group. The social setting which one is raised and educated has a large impact on their intelligence. Sociologists found that social conditions leads to different levels of participation in sports. less access to social mobility (resources) took on sports. It is impossible to neatly distinguish races based on genetic differences. Sociological definition of race: race: a social construct used to distinguish people in terms of one or more physical markers, usually with profound effects on their lives. Sociologists continue to use the term race, because race continues to affect the lives of most people. Sociologists believe that race matters because it allows social inequality to be created.
