Psych 12

Question 1

Ascribed SES

Answer 1

is involuntary and derives from clearly identifiable characteristics, such as age, gender, and skin color

Question 2

Achieved SES

Answer 2

is aquired through direct individual efforts

Question 3

Anomie

Answer 3

a state of normlessness. Anomic conditions erode social solidarity by means of excessive individualism, social inequality and isolation. This is a result of social inequality.

Question 4

situational social capital

Answer 4

provides socioeconomic advantage

Question 5

positional social capital

Answer 5

represents how connected a person is to a netowork and how central they are within that network.

Question 6

Plutocracy

Answer 6

rule by upper class

Question 7

Meritocracy

Answer 7

refers to a society in which advancement up the social ladder is based on intellectual talent and achievement

Question 8

Social reproduction

Answer 8

refers to the passing on of social inequality, especially poverty, from one generation to the next

Question 9

absolute poverty

Answer 9

is when people do not have enough resources to acquire basic life necessities, such as shelter, food, clothing and water

Question 10

relative poverty

Answer 10

is when one is poor in comparison to a larger population.

Question 11

horizontal mobility

Answer 11

means ability to move between occupation in the same social class.

Question 12

Social exclusion

Answer 12

is a sense of powerlessness when individuals feel alienated from society

Question 13

Spatial inequality

Answer 13

is a form of social stratification across territories and their populations, and can occur along residential, environmental, and global lines.

Question 14

Morbidity

Answer 14

is the burden or degree of illness associated with a given disease

Question 15

Second sickness

Answer 15

refers to an exacerbation of health outcomes caused by social injustice

Question 16

Medicare

Answer 16

> 65 and ALS

Question 17

Medicaid

Answer 17

Poor people