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30 Cards in this Set
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Social Class |
According to Weber, a large group of group who rank close to one another in property, power and prestige; according to Marx, one of two groups: capitalists who own the means of production or workers who sell thier labors |
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Eric Wright |
Stated not all fall into Marx's two broad categories. Bright resolved this by regarding some people I seem intensely members of more than one class (contradictory class locations) into : Capitalists: business owners who employ many workers Petty Bourgeoisie: owners of small businesses Managers: employees who have an authority over others Workers: |
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Social class ladder |
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Conflict theorists |
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Capitalist class |
1% is worth more than the entire bottom 90 percent of the country's wealth |
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Proverty line |
The official measure of proverty; calculated to include incomes that are less than three times a low cost food budget |
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Status Inconsistency |
Ranking high on some dimensions of social class and low on others; status discrepancy |
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Race |
A group whose inherited physical characteristics distinguished it from other groups |
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Latino |
Latinos are distinguished from other ethnic groups because of the use of Spanish language; origin of the term Hispanic by Grace Flores Hughes Dept. of U.S. Health Education and Welfare |
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Wealth & Income |
Well and income go together but are not always the same a person may own much property but have little income or vice versa. Wealth: Net Worth Income: flow of money *sources of income include wages business rent interest royalties alimony allowance and or gambling |
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Split Labor Market |
Workers split along racial ethnic gender age or any other lines ; this is exploited by owners to weaken the bargaining power of workers |
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Split labor market |
Workers split by Age Gender Race / ethinic |
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Discrimination |
An act odd unfair treatment against an individual or group |
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Exchange Mobility |
A large number of people moving up the social class ladder, while a large number move down; it is as though they have exchanged places, and the social class system shows little change |
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Horticultural Societies |
A society based on cultivating plants by the use of hand tools |
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Ethnic Group |
Ethnicity and ethnic refer to cultural characteristics. Ethos, Greek meaning "band of people living together nation, people". A people's sense of belonging may be their nation, region, foods, clothing, language, music, religion, or family names and relationships. |
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Prejudice |
To prejudge negatively |
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Predatory lending |
Is there any lending practices that imposes unfair or abusive long term on a borrower and an example of of institutional discrimination (which is negative treatment of a minority group that is built into society institutions also cause systemic discrimination) |
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Spillover bigotry |
Stereotype that lumped Asians together; when immigrants from Japan came to US experience this type of sneaky, lazy, and untrustworthy |
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Stereotypes & Media |
Sterotype: assumptions of what people are like whether true or false Idk |
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Gender & Sex |
Gender: the behaviors and attitudes that a society considers proper for its males and females; masculinity or feminity Sex: biological characteristics that distinguish females and males; consisting of primary and secondary sex characteristics |
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Melting Pot |
Referring to a heterogeneous society becoming more homogeneous with different elements; assimilation of immigrants to the United, a place where different people or different cultures, all come together and begin to emerge and mix |
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1985 Vietnam study |
Indicates how the sociological door is open slowly to also consider biological factors in human behavior. Researchers found that boys men with higher levels of testosterone tend to be more aggressive |
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Age |
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Social Security and Medicare |
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Hunting and gathering societies |
A human group that depends on hunting and gathering for its survival |
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life span |
The maxinum length of life of a species; for humans the longest a human has lived |
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Disengagement theory |
The view that society is stabilized by having the elderly retire (disengage from) their positions of responsibility so the younger generation can step into their shoes |
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Unintentional Sexual Discrimination |
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Continuity Theory |
A theory focusing on how people adjust to retirement but continuing aspects of their earlier lives |
