Social Mobility: Movement Between Social Classes

Module 8:
•Explain what social mobility is
-social mobility is the movement between social classes; occurs due to people either work hard to raise their social class, or don’t work hard at hall to achieve a social class position
•Explain the difference between intra- and inter-generational mobility
-intra-generational mobility is change in social class that happens to you within your adult life
-inter-generational mobility refers to changes in the social class of an individual and his or her parent
•Explain the difference between income and wealth
-income refers to the steady stream of money that a person receives, most often as pay for employment, but also in other forms or interest on one’s investments
-wealth is the differences between property …show more content…
-some people argue the poor people remain poor because their lifestyle is such that it perpetuates poverty -> lifestyle choice that virtually guarantees socioeconomic challenges
-a fair number of people live on the edge of poverty, surviving “paycheck to paycheck” with very little cushion to fall back on -> poverty can be triggered when income takes a hit by a single even such as being laid off or getting divorced
•Discuss some of the consequences of one’s social class
-the higher the education level is, the increase in longer years life will be
-higher a person’s social class, the greater their access to high quality health care; it is the conditions of our daily lives that have the most profound effect o our health and psychological well-being; there is a socioeconomic gradient such that the higher one is in the social class hierarchy, the better one’s health, both mental and physical is likely to be
-basic economic security increases with social class, thus decreasing the stressfulness of living with uncertainty leading to stronger sense of personal control (the belief that one can carry out one’s plans and succeed at them); the experiences of people on the lower rungs of the social class hierarchy can be so unpredictable and even chaotic that to believe one is in …show more content…
conflict theories of why there is social inequality
-functionalist perspective -> some people must be rewarded more than others to motivate them to do what society needs them to do; social inequality is much more complicated -> there are a variety of reasons for why some people are more advantaged than other, many of which have very little to do with the individuals themselves -jobs that require the most raining should be paid the most -hard work and effort lead to status attainment and success -poverty will persist as long as some people do not work hard to succeed
-conflict perspective -> the pursuit of profit must come at someone’s