Sometimes the Legal Language About Immigration Is Written in a Manner

question 44

Multiple Choice

Sometimes the legal language about immigration is written in a manner that signifies "American-ness," using veiled racial markers to clearly identify those who are "in" and those who are "out." What do anthropologists call this kind of demarcation?

• A) situational negotiation of identity
• B) assimilation
• C) ethnic boundary
• D) segregation

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Definitions:

Classification systems

Structured ways of organizing and categorizing entities or ideas based on common characteristics or principles.

Information-processing theorists

Scholars who study how human beings process, store, retrieve, and use information, often drawing comparisons to computer processes.

Thought processes

The mental activities involved in understanding, reasoning, problem-solving, and decision-making.

Horizontal décalage

A concept in Piaget's theory referring to the observation that children can acquire similar cognitive skills at different times across different domains.