The condition in which members of a society have differing amounts of wealth, prestige, or power is called what?

An inclusive term encompassing all a person's material assets, including land, stocks, and other property.

A social ranking based primarily on economic position in which achieved characteristics can influence social mobility

Hereditary systems of rank, usually religiously dictated, that tend to be fixed and immobile. Usually associated with Hinduism in India and other countries.

The most extreme form of legalized inequality for individuals and groups.

The Estate System (feudalism)

Required peasants to work land leased to them by nobles in exchange for military protection and other services. The basis for the system was the nobles' ownership of land, which was crucial to their superior privileged status.

Which is the most extreme form of legalized social inequality?

What is the class system based primarily on?

Which type of stratification system would allow for the greatest amount of movement from one stratum level of society to another?

in sociologist Daniel Resides model of the class system of the United states, which social class contains the smallest portion of the population?

What did Weber use the term class to refer to?

A group pf people who have similar level of wealth and income.

A term used by Max Weber to refer to people who have the same prestige or lifestyle, independent of their class positions.

Intergenerational Mobility

Involves changes in the social position of children relative to their parents.

Intragenerational Mobility

Involves changes in a person's social position within his or her adult life.

Is the movement of a person from one social position to another of a different rank.

Is movement from social position to another within the same social rank. For example, an elementary school teacher who becomes a police officer.

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Sociology Ch 5

Term	Definition
Social Inequality	The condition in which members of a society have differing amounts of wealth, prestige, or power is called what?
Wealth	An inclusive term encompassing all a person's material assets, including land, stocks, and other property.
Class system	A social ranking based primarily on economic position in which achieved characteristics can influence social mobility
Caste system	Hereditary systems of rank, usually religiously dictated, that tend to be fixed and immobile. Usually associated with Hinduism in India and other countries.
Slavery	The most extreme form of legalized inequality for individuals and groups.
The Estate System (feudalism)	Required peasants to work land leased to them by nobles in exchange for military protection and other services. The basis for the system was the nobles' ownership of land, which was crucial to their superior privileged status.
Slavery	Which is the most extreme form of legalized social inequality?
Economic Position	What is the class system based primarily on?
The class system	Which type of stratification system would allow for the greatest amount of movement from one stratum level of society to another?
The upper class	in sociologist Daniel Resides model of the class system of the United states, which social class contains the smallest portion of the population?
What did Weber use the term class to refer to?	A group pf people who have similar level of wealth and income.
There were people who shared similar levels of what?	Wealth and income.
Status group	A term used by Max Weber to refer to people who have the same prestige or lifestyle, independent of their class positions.
Intergenerational Mobility	Involves changes in the social position of children relative to their parents.
Intragenerational Mobility	Involves changes in a person's social position within his or her adult life.
Vertical Mobility	Is the movement of a person from one social position to another of a different rank.
Horizontal Mobility	Is movement from social position to another within the same social rank. For example, an elementary school teacher who becomes a police officer.

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