Sociology Terms Flashcards
Conflict Theorist
calls attention to competition amongst social groups
Dependency Ratio
number of economically dependent members of the population to number of economically productive members
Linguistic Relativity Hypothesis
human cognition affected by language
Conversion Disorder
Mental condition in which a person has blindness, paralysis, or other neurologic symptoms that cannot be explained by medical evaluation
Meritocracy
opportunity is based on a combination of talent and effort
Socialization
learning to behave in a way acceptable to society
Cultural capital
knowledge, beliefs that promote social mobility in a stratified society
Stratified Society
society categorization of people into socioeconomic strata, based on occupation, income, wealth, and power
Absolute Poverty
severe depreciation of basic human needs. Deficiency of income and services
Relative Poverty
people lack the minimum amount of income needed in order to maintain avg standard of living in society
Marginal Poverty
lacks stable employment
Structural Poverty
Poverty due to defect in economic structure
Racialization
process of ascribing racial identities to a relationship, social practice, or group that did not identify itself as such
Theory of Social Loafing
people may be more productive alone, than in a group
Hawthorne Effect
Alteration of behavior by subjects due to knowledge of being studied
