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Sociology Exam 3
Class and Stratification CH. 8,9
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| American Dream | Start with nothing then be wealthy |
| Caste System | a social structure which classes are determined by heredity. (little social mobility, high status consistency) |
| Chart of Social Stratification | |
| Corporate Class | NEW MONEY, successful executives, high levels of education, income from investments, not inherited |
| Davis-Moore Thesis | social stratification has beneficial consequences for the operation of a society |
| Exchange Mobility | Constant movement between classes but #ppl in each class stays same. |
| Feminization of Poverty | No savings, No pension, Social Security, Lower Pay jobs, Late Life Poverty |
| Homelessness | identify, counting, cause(healthcare, domestic violence, addiction, mental illness:de institutionization, veterans, Gentrification:change whole city) |
| Intergenerational Mobility | Where you are compared to parents: UPWARD - DOWNWORD |
| Lower Class | POOR-Unemployment, Government dependency, No success in education (14-20) |
| Max Weber | Wealth, Income, Power, Prestige |
| Meritocracy | elite group of people whose progress based on ability and talent rather than on class privilege or wealth |
| Middle Class | Semi professionals, small business owners, Nurses, Teachers, Police, well educated, respectable livings (43-30) |
| Middle Class Slide | earnings have stalled, multiple job holding up, more jobs offer little more income, young people live at home |
| Relative Poverty | Cannot afford basic necessities in life |
| Absolute Poverty | Can afford basic necessities in life |
| Poverty Guidelines | number of people in family, amount of money have |
| Poverty Threshold | SSA census bureau states data |
| Power Elite | C. Write Mills, State(political) Corporation(economic) Army(military) |
| Social Stratification | Division of society into layers or "strata" of people who have UNEQUAL: amounts of resources, life chances, social influences. |
| Social Mobility | movement classes, ethnic group, entire nations |
| Status Consistency | the degree of infirmity in a person's social standing across various dimensions of social inequality. |
| Status Inconsistency | social positions have both positive and negative influences on social status. |
| Structural Mobility | movement on the social ladder based on social mobility |
| Upper Class | OLD MONEY, established families, inherited wealth, owns much property |
| Working Class | little or no property, blue collar workers, college not required, tedious boring jobs, factory workers, farm workers (36-40) |
| Working Poor | "living wage" salary can live on 6million in US 40 hrs/week, no additional income, house, food, utilities, transport, health |
| wealth | Born with, Do nothing |
| Income | Work, Do nothing |
| Power | Authority, Have your way |
| Prestige | Respect |
| Ascribed Status | Closed Stratification |
| Achieved Status | Open Stratification, AMERICAN DREAM |
Created by:
BreAnna Hegeman
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