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20 Cards in this Set
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social stratification
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Rankings of people based on wealth and other resources a society values.
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life chance
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The degree to which people succeed in life in such areas as education, income, and health.
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vertical mobility
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Movement up or down through a society’s stratification system.
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slavery
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The ownership of people.
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estate system
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A system of stratification characterized by control of land that was common during feudalism.
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caste system
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A stratification system based on rigid placement at birth into unequal groups based on one’s parents’ status, with no chance of moving out of these groups.
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class system
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A system of stratification containing unequal groups but with a relatively high degree of social mobility.
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wealth
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Income, stocks, bonds, real estate, and other dimensions of one’s total material possessions.
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power
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The ability to influence others to do one’s bidding even if they don’t want to.
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prestige
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The status and esteem people hold in the eyes of others.
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classless societies
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Societies with no social stratification.
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ideology
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A set of beliefs that supports the status quo.
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class consciousness
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An awareness of one’s social class membership, the structural reasons for it, and the needs arising from such membership.
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false consciousness
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A failure to possess class consciousness.
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socioeconomic status (SES)
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A measure based on occupation, education, and income favored by functionalist sociologists as an indicator of social class position.
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intergenerational mobility
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Vertical mobility from one generation to the next within the same family.
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intragenerational mobility
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Vertical mobility within a person’s own lifetime.
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economic inequality
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The extent of the economic difference between the rich and the poor in a society.
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poverty line
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The government’s measure of official poverty, based on the cost of a minimal diet for a family multiplied by three.
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episodic poverty
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As defined by the Census Bureau, being poor for at least 2 consecutive months in some time period
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