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  2. Social construct - Wikipedia

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    A social construct is any category or thing that is made real by convention or collective agreement. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Socially constructed realities are contrasted with natural kinds , which exist independently of human behavior or beliefs.

  3. Race and society - Wikipedia

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    Social interpretations of race regard the common categorizations of people into different races.Race is often culturally understood to be rigid categories (Black, White, Pasifika, Asian, etc) in which people can be classified based on biological markers or physical traits such as skin colour or facial features.

  4. Social character - Wikipedia

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    The social character is acquired substantially in the family as an agent of the society but also developed in other institutions of society such as schools and workplaces. The function of the social character is to motivate people to accomplish the expected social tasks concerning work and interaction, education and consuming.

  5. Race and genetics - Wikipedia

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    There is broad consensus across the biological and social sciences that race is a social construct, not an accurate representation of human genetic variation. [ 26 ] [ 10 ] As more progress has been made on sequencing the human genome, it has been found that any two humans will share an average of 99.35% of their DNA based on the approximately ...

  6. Social stratification - Wikipedia

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    The social status variables underlying social stratification are based in social perceptions and attitudes about various characteristics of persons and peoples. While many such variables cut across time and place, the relative weight placed on each variable and specific combinations of these variables will differ from place to place over time.

  7. Social inequality - Wikipedia

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    Social inequality occurs when resources within a society are distributed unevenly, often as a result of inequitable allocation practices that create distinct unequal patterns based on socially defined categories of people. Differences in accessing social goods within society are influenced by factors like power, religion, kinship, prestige ...

  8. Social dominance theory - Wikipedia

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    A group-based hierarchy is distinct from an individual-based hierarchy in that the former is based on a socially constructed group such as race, ethnicity, religion, social class and freedoms, linguistic group, etc. while the latter is based on inherited, athletic or leadership ability, high intelligence, artistic abilities, etc. [14]

  9. Implicit stereotype - Wikipedia

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    An implicit bias or implicit stereotype is the pre-reflective attribution of particular qualities by an individual to a member of some social out group. [1]Implicit stereotypes are thought to be shaped by experience and based on learned associations between particular qualities and social categories, including race and/or gender. [2]