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16 Cards in this Set
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Division of society into categories, ranks, or classes
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Social Stratification
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The unequal sharing of scarce resources and social rewards
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Social Inequality
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Scarce recources and social rewards are distributed in the basis of ascribed statuses
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Caste System
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Marriage outside one's own social category
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Exogamy
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Marriage within one's own social category
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Endogamy
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The distribution of scarce resources and rewards is determined on the basis of achieved statuses
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Class System
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The owners of the means of production
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Bourgeoisie
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The workers who sell their labor in exchange for wages
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Proletariat
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A grouping of people with similar levels of wealth, power, and prestige
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Social Class
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The value of everything the person owns
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Wealth
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The ability to control the behavior of others
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Power
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The respect, honor, recognition, or courtesy an individual recieves
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Prestige
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A rating that combines social factors
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Socioeconomic Status
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Technique used to rank individuals according to social class
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Reputational Method
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To determine one's own social rank
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Subjective Method
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Sociologist define social class
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Objective Method
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