The Caste Perspective Views Racial and Ethnic Inequality as a Permanent

question 85

Multiple Choice

The caste perspective views racial and ethnic inequality as a permanent feature of U.S. society. The caste system was strengthened by ______________laws, which prohibited sexual intercourse or marriage between persons of different races.

• A) antimiscegenation
• B) segregation
• C) ethnic purity
• D) racial cleansing

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Definitions:

Nature Vs. Nurture

The ongoing debate concerning the relative importance of an individual's innate qualities versus personal experiences in determining or causing differences in physical and behavioral traits.

Impression Management

The effort to control the impressions we make on others so that they form a desired view of us and the situation; the use of self-presentation and performance tactics.

Dramaturgy

An approach pioneered by Erving Goffman in which social life is analyzed in terms of its similarities to theatrical performance.

Role Conflict

Experienced when we occupy two or more roles with contradictory expectations.