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Chapter 8: Social Stratification Flashcards

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1
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Unequal sharing of scarce resources and social rewards.

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Social inequality

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Movement between strata is impossible.

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Social inequality closed system

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Movement between strata is allowed.

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Social inequality open system

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Resources and social rewards are distributed on the basis of

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Ascribed statuses

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Childs caste is determined by

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The parents

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Effort and talent may effect position in caste but not move you to a

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Higher caste

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Marriage outside ones caste (is forbidden)

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Exogamy

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Marriage within ones social category (is practiced)

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Endogamy

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Priests and scholars

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Brahmans

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Rulers, nobles, and soldiers

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Kshatriyas

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Merchants, bankers, business people

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Vaisyas

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Laborers, and artisans

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Sudras

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Group of outcasts considered unclean and given undesirable tasks.

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Harijans

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14
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Is given to lower caste members.

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Government assistance

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15
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Not discriminated against

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Harijans

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Distribution of scarce resources and rewards is determined on the basis of (class system)

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Achieved statuses

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17
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Conflict theorist

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Karl marx

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People that own the means of production.

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Bourgeoise

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People who sell their labor in exchange for wages

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Proletariat

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Class consists of three factors

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Max weber
Property
Prestige
Power

21
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Grouping of similar people with similar levels of wealth, power, and prestige.

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Social class

22
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The assets and income.

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Wealth

23
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Wealth is distributed unequally:

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Top 1% earned over 21% of the national income

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Ability to control the behavior of others, with or without consent.

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Power

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Respect, honor, recognition or courtesy an individual receives from others

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Prestige

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Most important in U.S.

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Occupation

27
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Calculated rating that combines social factors with income

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Socioeconomic status

28
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Stratification is necessary in the social structure

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Functionalists theory

29
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Competition over scarce resources leads to inequality.

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Conflict theory

30
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Social stratification is result of class exploitation

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Marxist theorists

31
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Moving up through the ranks of the class system

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Social advancement

32
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Reputational method

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Technique 1

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Subjective method

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Technique 2

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Objective method

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Technique 3

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Families that have been wealthy across generations

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Old money

36
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Acquired wealth through their own efforts rather than inheritance

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New money

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High income business people and professionals

Politically and socially active

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Upper middle class

38
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Hold white collar jobs

Requires less education

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Lower middle class

39
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Some jobs involve manual labor blue collar jobs

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Working class

40
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Lowest paying jobs

Often temporary and seasonal

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Working poor

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Have experienced unemployment and poverty

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Underclass

42
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Movement between or within social class

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Social mobility

43
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Movement within a social class

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Horizontal mobility

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Movement between social class

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Vertical mobility

45
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Changes in social position during ones life.

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Intragenerational mobility

46
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Status differences between generations in the same family

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Inter generational mobility

47
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Standard of living that is below the minimum level considered adequate by society

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Poverty

48
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Minimum annual income needed for a family to survive

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Poverty level

49
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Division of society into categories, ranks, or classes.

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Social stratification

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