Inequality

Question 0

Dimensions or variation

Answer 0

1) degree of specialization
2) functional emphasis
3) degree of inequality
4) opportunity
5) degree of solidarity

Question 1

Job Characteristics

Answer 1

1) pleasant vs unpleasant
2) talent or training required
3) how functionally important is it

Question 2

3 Different Resources

Answer 2

1) material(income)
2) emotional(love)
3) symbolic(prestige)

Question 3

Class

Answer 3

Position associated with market position and life opportunities

Question 4

Status

Answer 4

has to do with honor prestige, not economic

Question 5

Absolute Poverty

Answer 5

doesn’t have minimum resources to survive

Question 6

Relative Poverty

Answer 6

personal experience, compared to surroundings

Question 7

Identification(Race)

Answer 7

What you subjectively identify yourself as

Question 8

Categorization(Race)

Answer 8

how others categorize you as

Question 9

Prejudice

Answer 9

An attitude about a group

Question 10

Schemas

Answer 10

Mental short cuts, categories

Question 11

Stigma

Answer 11

Mark of disgrace associated with particular circumstance, quality, or person

Question 12

Implicit Prejudice

Answer 12

Prejudice can be activated without consciously knowing can influence our decisions

Question 13

Individual Discrimination

Answer 13

Excluding someone

Question 14

Institutional Discrimination

Answer 14

Part of organization discriminates against some group of people

Question 15

Mechanisms of Geographic Inequality

Answer 15

1) Routine Activities(schools/location)
2) Social Capital(resources embedded in social relationships)
3) Institutional Resources(child centers, family support)
4) Collectively Efficacy(mutual trust)

Question 16

Contact Theory

Answer 16

Best way of reducing prejudice is to get people to interact with one another

Question 17

Foraging Societies

Answer 17

Material resources well distributed; 100% of population producing food

Question 18

Agrarian Societies

Answer 18

95% of population producing food

Question 19

Industrialized Societies

Answer 19

More occupations; 5% of population involved with producing food

Question 20

Post Industrialized Societies

Answer 20

Explosion of occupational differences

Question 21

Gender wage gap caused by the following;

Answer 21

1) woman paid less for same work
2) occupational segregation
3) segregation within occupations; different responsibilities within same job