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21 Cards in this Set
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Closed System
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a stratification system in which people have great difficulty changing their status
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Culture of Poverty
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the view that the poor possess self-perpetuating lifeways characterized by weak ego structures, lack of impulse control, a present-time orientation, and a sense of resignation and fatalism
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Dual Labor Market
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an economy characterized by two sectors, the primary, or core, sector offers "good jobs," and the secondary, or periphery, sector offers "bad jobs"
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Horizontal Mobility
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movement from one social status to another that is approximately equivalent in rank
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Income
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the amount of money people receive
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Intergenerational Mobility
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a comparison of the social status of parents and their children at some point in their respective careers
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Intragenerational Mobility
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a comparison of the social status of a person over an extended time
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Life Chances
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the likelihood that individuals and groups will enjoy desired goods and services, fulfilling experiences, and opportunities for living healthy and long lives
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Objective Method
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an approach to the identification of social classes that employs such yardsticks as income, occupation, and education
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Open System
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a stratification system in which people can change their status with relative ease
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Power
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the ability of individuals and groups that realize their will in human affairs even if it involves the resistance of others
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Prestige
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the social respect, administration, and recognition associated with a particular social status
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Reputational Method
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an approach to identifying social classes that involves asking people how they classify others
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Self-Placement Method
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an approach to identifying social classes that involves self-classification
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Social Differentiation
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the process by which a society becomes increasingly specialized over time
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Social Mobility
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the process in which individuals or groups more from one level (stratum) to another in the stratification system
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Social Stratification
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the structured ranking of individuals and groups; their grading into hierarchal layers or strata
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Socioeconomic Life Cycle
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a sequence of stages that begins with birth into a family with a specific social status and proceeds through childhood, socialization, schooling, job seeking, occupational achievement, marriage, and the formation and functioning of a new family unit
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Style of Life
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the magnitude and manner of people's consumption of goods and services
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Vertical Mobility
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movement of individuals from one social status to another of higher or lower rank
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Wealth
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what people own
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