Sociology Ch. 9 Review – Flashcards
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horizontal mobility
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movement within social classes or strata; an important feature of the open class system
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blue collar
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working class that requires manual labor
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subjective method
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individuals are asked to determine their own social rank
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exogamy
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marriage outside one's own social category
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social stratification
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ranking of individuals or categories of people on the basis of unequal access to scarce resources and social rewards
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children
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largest percent of people living below the poverty level
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objective method
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sociologists define social class by income, occupation, and education
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prestige
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sociologists who adopted the view of max weber defined social class as people with similar levels of wealth and power; the respect, honor, recognition, or courtesy an individual receives from other members of society
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technology
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structural factor that effects both upward and downward mobility
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assets
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the value of everything a person owns
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reputational method
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individuals in the community are asked to rank other community members based on what they know of their characters and lifestyles.
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life chances
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____ are factors such as health, length of life and education that influence an individuals to share the opportunities and benefits of society
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social inequality
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the unequal sharing of scarce resources and social rewards
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poverty
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seen as a standard of living that is below the minimum level considered adequate by society
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vertical mobility
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movement between social classes or strata
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conspicuous consumption
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spending money on items to show off
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bourgeoisie
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owners of the means of production in a capitalist society
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proletariat
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workers who sell their labor in exchange for wages
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endogamy
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is marriage within one's own social category
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social class
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grouping of people with similar levels of wealth, power, and prestige
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power
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ability to control the behavior of others, with or without their consent
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intergenerational mobility
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status differences between generations in the same family; vertical mobility
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transfer payments
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used to redistribute money among various segments of society; taking a percentage of money collected through taxes and giving it to groups that need public assistance; major programs- SSI and TANF
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Caste system
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System in which scarce resources and rewards are distributed on the basis of ASCRIBED statuses
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Class system
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System in which the distribution of scarce resources and rewards is determined on the basis of ACHIEVED statuses
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Social economic status
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A rating system that combines social factors such as level of education, occupational prestige and place of residence with the economic factor of income in order to determine an individuals relative position in the stratification system
