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Sociology Chapter 7
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Social Stratification | The division of society into groups arranged in a social hierarchy |
| Social Inequality | Unequal distribution of wealth, power, or prestige among members of a society |
| Slavery | Most extreme form of social stratification and is based on the legal ownership of people |
| Caste System | Form of social stratification in which status is determined by one's family history and background cannot be changed |
| Apartheid | Term for the system of segregation of racial and ethnic groups that was legal in South Africa from 1948-1991 |
| Social Class | System of stratification based on access to resources such as wealth, property, power, and prestige |
| Social Class is an ______ _______ | Socioeconomic Status |
| Intersectionality | Concept that identifies how different categories of inequality intersect |
| Upper Class | Wealthiest people in a class system, 1% of U.S. population |
| Upper-Middle Class | Professionals and managers, 14% of U.S. population |
| Middle Class | "White-collar Workers," 30% of U.S. population |
| Working (Lower-Middle) Class | "Blue-collar Workers," less likely to have college degrees, 30% of U.S. population |
| Working Poor | Likely to work service jobs and seasonal employment, 13% of U.S. population |
| Under Class | Part-time or unemployed, 12% of U.S. population |
| Karl Marx | -Believed social classes would remain divided and inequality would grow -Believed there were two main social classes in capitalist societies 1. Capitalists 2. Workers |
| Capitalists | Own means of production |
| Workers | Sold their labor for wages |
| Max Weber | Argued that class status was made of wealth, power, and prestige |
| Structural-Functionalist Theory | Suggests that the system of stratification that has emerged is functional to society in many ways |
| Pierre Bourdieu | Attempted to explain social reproduction |
| Social Reproduction | Tendency for social class status to be passed down from one generation to the next |
| Cultural Capital | Tastes, habits, expectations, skills, and knowledge that helps us to gain advantages in society |
| Symbolic Interactionists | Examine the way we use status differences to categorize ourselves and others |
| Erving Goffman | Said our clothing, speech, gestures, possessions, friends, and activities provide information about our socioeconomic status |
| Social Mobility | Movement of individuals or groups within the hierarchical system of social classes |
| Closed System | One in which there is a very little opportunity to move from one class to another |
| Open System | One with ample opportunities to move from one class to another |
| Intergenerational Mobility | Movement between social classes that occurs from one generation to the next |
| Intragenerational Mobility | Movement between social classes that occurs over the course of an individual's lifetime |
| Horizontal Social Mobility | Occupational movement of individuals or groups within a social class |
| Vertical Social Mobility | Movement between social classes, and depending on the direction, is often called either upward mobility or downward mobility |
| Structural Mobility | Changes in the social status of large numbers of people due to structural changes in society |
| Absolute Deprivation | Objective measure of poverty that is defined by the inability to meet minimal standards for food, shelter, clothing, or health care |
| Relative Deprivation | Relational measure of poverty based on the standards of living |
| Culture of Poverty | Learned attitudes that can develop among poor communities and lead the poor to accept their fate rather than attempt to improve their situation |
| Invisibility of Poverty | Residential segregation, political disenfranchisement, and the use of law enforcement to control the homeless can make poverty invisible to many Americans |
| The American Dream | Ideology that anyone can achieve material success if he or she works hard enough |
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