Social Stratification

Question 1

Social class

Answer 1

category of people who share similar socioeconomic positions in society

Question 2

cultural capital

Answer 2

refers to the benefits one receives from knowledge, abilities and skills

Question 3

prestige

Answer 3

respect and importance toed to specific occupations or associations

Question 4

power

Answer 4

is the capacity to influence people through real or perceived rewards and punishments. power differentials create social inequality

Question 5

anomie

Answer 5

is the state of normlessness. anomic conditions erase social solidarity but emphasizing individualism and isolation

Question 6

strain theory

Answer 6

focuses on how anomic conditions can lead to deviance

Question 7

marxist theory

Answer 7

proletariat will develop class consciousness and overthrow the bourgeoisie and destroy capitalist society

Question 8

social capital

Answer 8

investment people make in their society in retune for economic or collective rewards

Question 9

meritocracy

Answer 9

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

Question 10

social mobility

Answer 10

allows one to acquire higher level employment opportunities by getting higher level education and experience. can be upward or downward (going down in status)

Question 11

poverty

Answer 11

socio-economic condition. determined by government calculating the minimum income needed for families to get necessities

Question 12

social reproduction

Answer 12

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

Question 13

absolute poverty

Answer 13

is when people do not have enough resources to acquire basic life necessities

Question 14

relative poverty

Answer 14

one is poor in comparison to the larger population

Question 15

social exclusion

Answer 15

is a sense of powerlessness when people feel alienated from society

Question 16

spatial inequality

Answer 16

is a form of social stratification across territories and their populations. like renting same size house in Toronto vs Edmonton with the same money

Question 17

environmental injustice

Answer 17

uneven distribution of environmental hazards in the communities

Question 18

globalization

Answer 18

had led to further inequalities in space, food and eater, housing, education as production of goods shifts to cheaper Labour markets

Question 19

incidence

Answer 19

number of NEW cases of disease per population at risk in a period of time

Question 20

prevalence

Answer 20

number of already existing cases per population in a given period of time

Question 21

morbidity

Answer 21

burden or degree of illness associated with given disease

Question 22

mortality

Answer 22

refers to the death caused by disease

Question 23

second sickness

Answer 23

refers to an exacerbation of health outcomes caused by social injustice