Test Three - Key Concepts

Chapter Fifteen: Race and Ethnicity:

Race

Ethnicity

Minority

Prejudice

Stereotype

Racism

Discrimination

Institutional prejudice and discrimination

Pluralism

Assimilation

Miscegenation

Segregation

Genocide

American Dilemma

Hispanics

African Americans

Social Distance Scale

Scapegoat theory

Conflict theory

Chapter 19: Family

family

kinship

marriage

extended family

nuclear family

endogamy

exogamy

polygamy

patrilocality

matrilocality

neolocality

patrilineal descent

matrilineal descent

incest taboo

homogamy

infidelity

cohabitation

Chapter 20: Religion

sacred

profane

religion

ritual

faith

totem

church

state church

denomination

sect

cult

animism

monotheism

polytheism

religiosity

secularization

civil religion

fundamentalism

Chapter 18: Politics

politics

power

authority

government

traditional authority

rational-legal authority

charismatic authority

monarchy

democracy

authoritarianism

totalitarianism

welfare state

special-interest group

political action committee

pluralist model

power-elite model

Marxist political economy model