Chapter 12 - Social Stratification

Question 1

Anomie

Answer 1

Lack of social norms, breakdown of social bonds between an individual and society

Question 2

Strain theory

Answer 2

How anomie conditions can lead to deviance

Question 3

Upward and downward mobility

Answer 3

Movement of social mobility

Up: positive change in persons status

Down: negative

Question 4

Horizontal mobility

Answer 4

Change in occupation or lifestyle that remains within the same social class

Ie: construction worker switches to be in custodial services or mechanical maintenance

Question 5

Social reproduction

Answer 5

When social inequality, especially poverty is reproduced or passed on from one generation to the next

Question 6

Absolute vs relative poverty

Answer 6

Absolute: people don’t have enough resources to maintain a quality of living (shelter food clothing water..etc)

Relative: one is poor compared to larger population

Question 7

Incidence vs prevalence

Answer 7

Incident: new cases/ pop at risk / time

Prevalence: total case / total pop / time

Question 8

Good info on healthcare and society problems for interviews

Answer 8

Go back to this eventually