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Sociology Exam 2 Content Flashcards

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social stratification

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arrangement of society into a series of layers or strata based on unequal distribution of resources, prestige, or power, such that the stratum at the top has the most resources

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social differentiation

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perceiving and differentiating people into distinct categories and/ or social roles

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social inequality

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people of certain categories or roles have unequal access to valued resources, services, and positions in society

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Import things about Social Stratification

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1.) not a reflection of individual differences but a trait of society
2.) carries over from generation to generation
3.) also involves beliefs

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Castes

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reincarnation
the belief that caste and ascriptive differentiation is justified inequality
no social mobility ( moving up or down)

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class

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meritocracy
emphasis on achievement -> justified inequality
social mobility possible

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meritocracy

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the belief that achievement overcomes ascription

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social mobility

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moving up or down in a system
can be intergenerational or intragenerational

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intergenerational

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what your children do or what you do relative to your parents

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intragenerational

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what you do, or what has been possible for you or your generation to do in your specific lifetime

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plutocracy

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government by the wealthy
an elite or ruling class of people whose power derives from their wealth

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Weber

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class is a continuum from high to low rather than a 2-class model with rigid boundaries
status, prestige, and power are reflected in class positioning

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Socioeconomic status (SES)

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hallmark variable in sociology
composite metric that refers to a person’s ranking along several dimensions of inequality - education, occupational prestige, and income

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upper class

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upper upper
lower upper
corporate class

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upper upper

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top 1%
seeing the biggest gains in wealth

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lower upper uppers

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2-3%
have to work to maintain lifestyles

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corporate class

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high corporate positions, supplanting family capitalism

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middle class

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35% or so of the population and is shrinking
consists of the:
upper-middle
avg-middle

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upper-middle

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120-220K a year
college educated professionals

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avg middle

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less prestigious white collar, skilled blue collar
depend heabily on earnings to maintain lifestyle
50 - 120K

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working class

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another 35% or so of the population
30-50k
little to no property
conformity and adherence to rules

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Lower Class

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20-25% of population and growing
instability
poverty - absolute or relative

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absolute poverty

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condition where household income is insufficient to afford basic necessities of life
criteria do not change by economic growth

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relative poverty

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when households recieve 50% less median income than the average median incomes
criteria will change with economic growth

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functionalism
stratification and inequality is beneficial to society individuals are rewarded for fulfilling valuable positions in society poverty provides motivation poverty provides a cheap labor force poverty keeps prices down
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Common Critiques of the functionalist view
1.) difficulty of specifying value 2.) suffocating the talents of those that might otherwise benefit the society
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Conflict - Marxism
stratification that results from capitalism has done little for the poor the working and upper class have opposed interests reconstruct society to benefit all rather than a few
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critiques of the conflict view
1.) unequal rewards motivate people 2.) presence of a middle class 3.) decentralization of corporate structures 4.) labor gains
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industrialism vs. post-industrialism
movement from factory style labor to service sector work
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capitalism vs socialism
modes of industrialism
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capitalism
means of production are privately owned and market forces determine production and distribution
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socialism
means of production are collectively owned and the state directs production and distribution
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social groups
collections of people who take each other's behavior into account as they interact, and develop a sense of togetherness
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primary affinity
intimate cooperative, face-to-face personally oriented, defined by "who" the group is
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secondary affinity
limited participation, impersonality, formal, associative ties, goal-oriented, defined more by "what" the group seeks to accomplish
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in group
people feel belonging
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out group
people do not feel belonging
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Georg Simmel - dyad versus triad
the shift between the dyad and triad involves a: 1.) greater loss of intimacy 2.) coalition potential 3.) individual influence diminishes
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expressive leaders
focused on group well-being solidarity , cohesion, and morale
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instrumental leaders
focused on the completion of tasks
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groupthink
intense social pressure within a group to conform to group norms and abandon individual critical thinking
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reference groups
groups whose values, norms, and beliefs serve as a standard for one's own behavior
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formal organizations
a cornerstone of the modern world and large secondary groups organized around achieving goals
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utilitarian organization
people join for material incentives
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normative organization
people join for moral causes (NRA, PETA)
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Coercive organization
membership is involuntary
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modern rationality
a way of thinking that emphasizes deliberate matter of fact calculation of the most efficient and effective way to accomplish a particular task
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bureaucracy
a form of organization based on explicit rules, with a clear, impersonal, and hierarchical structure designed to execute organizational tasks and objectives more efficiently
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ritualism
preoccupation with rules that get to a point where it thwarts an organization's goals
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alienation
people feel alienated from organizations designed to serve them
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Mcdonaldized buisness principles
the process by which the principles of the fast-food industry are coming to dominate more and more sectors of American society as well as the rest of the world - efficiency, calculability, predictability, control
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efficiency
the optimum way of getting from one point to another, or the way that is quicker to achieve a goal
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calculability
the quantitative aspects of products sold, services offered, dimensions of interaction
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predictability
the assurance that a product or interaction will be the same in all places
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Weber's Iron Cage
irrationalities can arise to form rationality the process of rationalization becoming so pervasive that it takes over every sphere of social life, where we are only able to move from one rationalized structure to another
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deviance
violation of the norm, criminally sanctioned or not
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crime
legal violation, socially sanctioned or not
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social controls
mechanisms that monitor behavior and sanction the violation of social norms
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internal social controls
seated within the individual and learned through the socialization processese
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external social controls
rely on societal mechanisms
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biological deviance
genetic factors or biological makeup explain deviance
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personal/psychological deviance
some individuals lack social controls
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social deviance
cultural context explains deviance
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labeling theory
labels people are given affect their own and other's perceptions of them 1.) stigma 2.) primary and secondary deviance 3.) retrospectively and projectivity 4.) difference as deviance when combined with power
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stigma
a powerfully negative label that greatly changes a person's self-concept and social identity
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primary deviances
provoke only a slight reaction that holds an impact on a persons conception of self
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secondary deviances
strong reaction, where a deviating person takes on a deviant identity
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retrospect
reinterpreting past in light of present behaviors
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projective
deviant identity extrapolated into the future
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saints and roughnecks
"headed for diaster" vs. "headed for success"
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functionalism and deviance
deviance is necessary for social organization deviance affirms cultural values deviance brings people together in repudiation of it
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laws and conflict perspective
disempowered groups' deviances are formally codified into laws that criminalize their deviances magnitudes more than privileged groups
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Bruce Western
1.) Laws are being written in a way that being poor or disadvantaged come to be illegal - 100 -1 crack rule 2.) Police arrest and scrutinize the poor more frequently 3.) judges may treat defenders more harshly once in court young black males are going to jail more compared to the recent past
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reasons for punishment
retribution, deterrence, incapacitation, rehabilitation, recidivism
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retribution
an act of moral vengence in which a society makes the offender suffers as much as the suffering caused by the crime
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deterrence
attempt to discourage criminality through the use of punishment reform measure
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rehabilitation
a program for reforming the offender to prevent later offenses
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white collar crime
committed by people of high social position in the course of their occupations for either personal gain or to further a formal organization's goals
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occupational
crimes committed exclusively for personal gain without the support of the formal organization
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organizational
crimes committed with the support and encouragement of an organization whose goals the crime is intended to advance

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