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Sociology ch.7-9

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Social Stratification   Division of society into groups arranged in a social hierarchy ex: race, class, gender  
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Social Inequality   Unequal distribution of wealth, power, or prestige among members of a society  
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Slavery   Most extreme form of stratification, based on legal ownership of people  
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Caste System   Form of stratification where status is determined by one's family history/background and cannot be changed; based on heredity  
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Apartheid   System of segregation of racial and ethnic groups once legal in South Africa between 1948 and 1991  
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Social Class   System of stratification based on access to resources like wealth, property, power, and prestige; referred by sociologists as socioeconomic status  
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Intersectionality   Concept that identifies how different categories of inequality (class, race, & gender) intersect  
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Upper Class   Consists of the wealthiest people in a class system, 1% of population  
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Upper Middle Class   Professionals and managers, 14% of population  
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Middle Class   "White Collar" workers, 30% of population, most Americans claim to belong here  
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Working (Lower Middle) Class   "Blue Collar" or service industry workers, 30% of population  
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Working Poor   Work manual, service jobs, and seasonal employment, 13% of population  
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Under Class   Work part-time or is unemployed, 12% of population  
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Capitalist (bourgeoisie)   Who own the means of production  
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Workers (proletariat)   Who sold their labor for wages  
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Karl Marx   Believed there were 2 social classes in capitalist societies  
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Feudal System   System of social stratification based on a hereditary nobility who were responsible for and served by a lower stratum of forced labors called serfs  
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Max Weber   Argued that class status was made of wealth, power, and prestige  
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Structural Functionalism   Believes the stratification makes it so that greater rewards are given for work that requires more skill  
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Social Reproduction   Tendency for social class status to be passed down from one generation to the next  
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Pierre Bourdieu   Examined social reproduction, believed it is a result of culture capital that either helps or hinders it  
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Culture Capital   Tastes, habits, expectations, skills, and knowledge ex: most business deals are struck on a golf course so as a business owner it is to their advantage  
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Symbolic Interactionists   Examine the way we use status differences to categorize ourselves and others;  
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Erving Goffman   Points out that our clothes, speech, and friends provide hints of our socioeconomic status; insist social structures are built out of everyday actions  
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Homogamy   Tendency to choose romantic partners who are similar to us in terms of class, race, education, religion and other social group membership  
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Heterogamy   Tendency to choose romantic partners who are dissimilar  
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Social Mobility   The movement of individuals or groups within the hierarchal system of social classes  
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Closed System   Little opportunity to move from one class to another  
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Open System   Ample opportunity to move from one class to another  
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INTER-generational Mobility   Movement between social classes that occurs from one generation to the next ex: a plumber with a doctor for a daughter  
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INTRA-generational Mobility   Movement between social classes that occurs over the course of an individual's lifetime ex: a secretary who goes back to become a lawyer (bc it is within his lifetime and likely to change his social class)  
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Horizontal Social Mobility   Occupational movement of individuals or groups within a social class ex: therapist shifting to be a college prof.  
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Vertical Social Mobility   Movement between social classes and is called upward or downward mobility depending on direction ex: therapist experience upward mobility if he marries a CEO, but if they get laid off then he experiences downward mobility  
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Structural Mobility   Changes in social status of large numbers of people due to structural changes in society ex: women entering the workplace in WW1  
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Absolute Deprivation   Objective measure of poverty that is defined by the inability to meet minimal standards for food, shelter, clothing, or healthcare  
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Relative Deprivation   Measure of poverty based on the standards of living, people feel poor if their standards is less than others  
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Culture of Poverty   Refers to learned attitudes that can develop among poor communities and lead the poor to accept their fate rather than attempt to improve their situation  
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Invisibility of Poverty   Residential segregation, political disenfranchisement, and the use of law enforcement to control the homeless can make poverty invisible to many Americans  
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American Dream   Ideology that anyone can achieve material success if he or she works hard enough  
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Race   Socially defined category based on real or perceived biological differences between groups of people  
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Ethnicity   Socially defined category based on common language, religion, nationality, or history  
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Social Construction   Sociologists see race and ethnicity as this bc it isn't based on biology + categories change over time and never have firm boundries  
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Symbolic Ethnicity   Ethnic identity only relevant on special occasions ex: a person revealing that they are of Irish heritage on St. Patrick's Day  
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Situational Ethnicity   Ethnic identity either displayed or concealed, depending on usefulness in situations ex: a Viet person hiding their ethnicity bc their boss hates Viet but reveals it during a scholarship for Vietnamese people  
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Minority   Social group that is systematically denied access to power and resources available to dominant groups  
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Racism   Set of beliefs about the claimed superiority of one racial or ethnic group, rooted in assumption that differences are genetic  
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Color-Blind Racism   Ideology that removes race as an explanation for any form of unequal treatment  
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Internalized Racism   A minority who is prejudiced against their own group  
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Prejudice   Thought process; belief that member of one racial group are genetically predisposed to be more intelligent than members of another racial group  
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Discrimination   Action; motivated by prejudice, results in equal treatment of an individual bc of his/her membership in a racial group  
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Individual Discrimination   Carried out by one person against another  
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Institutional Discrimination   Carried out by social institutions (political, economic, educational) that affects all members of a group who come into contact with it  
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White Nationalism   Belief that the nation should reflect a white identity  
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White Privilege   Unearned advantage for dominant group members  
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Microagression   Everyday verbal and nonverbal communications that are dismissive  
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Cultural Appropriation   When dominant group members adopt aspects of an oppressed group's culture without permission  
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Reverse Racism   Discrimination against white people  
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Race Consciousness   Acknowledge race as a social construct that shapes our individual and social experience  
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Affirmative Action   Favoring individuals belonging to discriminated groups; goal is to create awareness and diversity  
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Structural Functionalism   Focus on how race creates social ties and strengthens group bonds, acknowledge ties can lead to violence  
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Critical Race Theory   Study of relationship between race, racism, and power  
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Double Consciousness   W. E. B DuBois's term for the divided identity experienced by blacks in the U.S  
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Genocide   Deliberate and systematic extermination of an ethnic group  
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Population Transfer   Forcible removal of a group of people from the territory they have occupied  
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Internal Colonialism   Economic/political domination and subjugation of the minority group by the controlling group within a nation  
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Segregation   Formal and legal segregation of groups by race or ethnicity  
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Assimilation   Minority group absorbed into mainstream or dominant group  
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Racial Assimilation   Racial minority groups are absorbed into dominant groups thru intermarriage  
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Cultural Assimilation   Racial group are absorbed into the dominant group by adopting the dominant group's culture  
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Pluralism (multiculturalism)   Pattern of intergroup relations that encourage racial and ethnic variation within a society  
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Sex   Individual's membership in one of two biologically categories (male or female)  
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Primary Characteristics of Sex   Chromosomes, hormones, + reproductive organs  
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Secondary Characteristics of Sex   Body hair and bone structures  
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Gender   Physical, behavioral., and personality traits that is considered normal for male and female members  
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Gender Identity   An individual's sense of gender, while gender expression is an individual's behavioral manifestation of gender  
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Essentialists   These people believes gender is: two category system; determined by chromosomes, hormones, and genitalia; and permanent  
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Constructionist   See sex, gender, and sexuality as social constructs; most sociologist use this approach  
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Queer Theorists   Emphasize importance of difference and rejects ideas of innate identities or restrictive categories of gender and sexual identity  
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Sexual Orientation   Need to be heterosexual, homosexual, or bisexual; asexuals may reject any sexual identity at all  
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Alfred Kinsley   Believed people are not exclusive to heterosexual or homosexual  
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Kinsley Scale of Sexuality   An example of "queering the binary"  
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Homophobia   Fear of/discrimination toward individuals who display purportedly gender appropriate behavior  
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Misogyny   Ingrained prejudice against women  
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Functionalists   Believe certain tasks should be done by certain sex  
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Instrumental Role   Person who provides family's material support and is often an authority figure; Talcott Parsons believe men are more suited  
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Expressive Role   Person who provides family's emotional support and nurturing; women are more suited  
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Conflict Theorists   Believe men lose a great deal if gender inequality disappears  
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Interactionists   Believe gender is constructed, maintained, and reproduced in everyday life  
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Feminist Theorists   Believe gender inequality affects all areas of social life  
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Gender Role Socialization   Lifelong process of learning to be masculine or feminine thru the 4 agents of socialization  
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Social Learning Theory   Suggest that babies and children learn behaviors and meanings thru socialization and internalize expectations of their peers  
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Feminization of Poverty   Assume women are more likely to live in poverty  
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Feminism   Belief in the social, political, and economic equality of the sexes and social movements organized around that belief  
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1st Wave of Feminism   Mid 19th-1920s, to gain suffrage  
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2nd Wave of Feminism   1960s-1970s, to gain women's equal access to employment  
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3rd Wave of Feminism   1980s-present, focused on diversity among women's experiences + identities  
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Male Liberationism   To discuss challenges of masculinity; split into men's rights movement and pro-feminist men's movement  
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