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An ________group is a social group toward which a person feels a sense of competition or opposition.

_____________ refers to the personal traits and social positions that members of a society attach to being female or male.

Sociologists use the term ___________________ to refer to any of the full range of socially defined positions within a large group or society, from the lowest to the highest position.

____________ people live according to the gender roles of their preferred gender, rather than their biological sex.

_________ is a shared cultural heritage.

A _____________ system is a social ranking based primarily on economic position in which achieved characteristics can influence social mobility.

____________ is a prejudgment that can be either positive or negative.

________________ is the analysis of the interplay of race, class, and gender, which often results in multiple dimensions of disadvantage.

_____________ is using unconventional means (like crime) to achieve a culturally approved goal (like wealth).

What do we call the lifelong social experience by which people develop their human potential and personal identities and learn the norms, roles, statuses, and values of their culture?