Intro SOC Unit 4 SG

Social Stratification

This is a socioeconomic system that divided society’s members in to categories ranking from high to low, based on things like wealth, power and prestige

Wealth

This refers to the value of money and assets a person has from, for example, inheritance

Income

This refers to the money a person earns from work or investments

Caste System

This is a system in which people are born in social standing that they will retains for their entire lives

Telll me class sytem

This refers to sisal standing based on social factors and individual accomplishments

Tell me what “class” means

This refers to a group who shares a common social status based on factors like wealth, income, education, and occupation.

Tell me what Exogamous Marriages are

These are unions of spouses from different social categories

Tell me what endogamous Unions are

These are unions of people within the same social category

Tell me what Meritocracy means

This is an ideal system in which personal effort or merit determines social standing

Tell me what the US social stratification is best described as

Class system

Tell me status Consistency

This is the consistency, of an individual’s rank across social categories like income, education, and occupation.

Tell me what Standard of Living is

This refers to the level of wealth available to acquire material goods and comforts to maintain a particular socioeconomic lifestyle

Upper, Middle, and Lower class

Tell me social mobility

This is tea ability to change positions within a social stratification systemT

Tell me Upward mobility

This is an increase or upward shift in social classT

Tell me downward mobility

This is a lowering of one’s social class

Tell me Intergenerational mobility

This is a difference in social class between different generations of a family

Tell me intragenerantional mobility

This is a difference in social class between different members of the same generation

Tell me structural mobility

This is a societal change that enables a whole group of people move up or down the class ladder.

Tell me what class traits (class markers)

They are the typical behaviors, customs, and norms that can define each classellT

Tell me the Davis Moore Thesis

This is a thesis that argues some social stratification is a social necessity and is used to ensure the most qualified people fill important rolesT

Tell me what conflict theorist are

They believe individuals and groups (social classes) within society interact on the basis of conflict rather than agreement

Tell me what Conspicuous Consumotion is

This is the act of buying and using products to make a statement about social standing.

Tell me what the social constriction of Race is

This is the school of thought that race is not biologically identifiable.

Tell me what is race

This is a grouping based on shared physical or social traits that vary by society

Tell me what is ethnicity

This is the shared cultures which may include heritage, language, or relgion

Tel me what pan - ethnic groups are

These are closely associated ethnic groups, which may share some cultural, linguistic, shared history, or other backgrounds, are sometimes considered as a group.

Tell me what a minority group is

This refers to any group of people who are singled out from other for differential and unequal treatment

Tell me what a subordinate group is

This refers to a group of people who have less power than the dominant group

Tell me what a dominant group is

This refers to a group of people who have more power in a society than any other subordinate group

Tell me what the institution inequality, oppression, or mistreatment is

This typically refers to those structures in society that work against minority groups

Tell me what the scapegoat theory is

This suggest that the dominant group will displace its unfocused aggression onto a subordinate group.

Tell me how stability and function in society is maintained

This is maintained by people from various racial and ethnic background interaction harmoniously in a state of social balance

Tell me what the interaction theory is

This suggest that we cannot separate the effects of race, class, gender, sexual orientation, and other attributes.

Tell me what stereotypes are

Thes are oversimplified ideas about groups of people

Tell me what prejudice is

This is biased thought based on flawed assumption about a group of people.

Tell me what discrimination is

This consists of actions, policies, withholding, or barriers against a group of people

Tell me what racism is

This is a set of attitudes, beliefs, and practices that are used to justify the belief that one racial category is somehow superior or inferior to othersT

Tell me what individual or interpersonal racism is

This refers to prejudice and discrimination executed and affecting by individualsT

Tell me what Systemic (structural/institutional) racism is

These are systems that have procedures or processes that disadvantage racial minor groups

Tell me what historical racism is

This is economical inequality or social disparity caused by past racism

Tell me what Colorism is

This is a form of racism, in which someone believes one type of skin tone is superior or inferior to another within a racial group

Tell me what Color - Avoidance Racism is

This is an avoidance of racial language by people to indicated that racism is no longer an issue

Tell me what Anti racism is

This can be described as actively working internally and externally to reduce or eliminate racists acts, policies, beliefs, and outcomes

Tell me what pluralism is

This is characterized by mutual respect on the part of all cultures, both dominant and subordinate, creating a multicultural environment of acceptance

Tell me what assimilation is

This is the process by which a minority individual or group takes on the achacrteristic of the dominant culture

Tell me what amalgamation is

This is the process by which a minority group and a majority group combine to form a new group. (Melting Pot)

Tell me what genocide means

This refers to the deliberate annihilation of a targeted (Usually subordinate group)

Tell me what segregation means

This is the physical separation of 2 groups, particularly in residence, but also in workplace and social functions.T

Tell me what expulsion

This is the act of a dominant group forcing a subordinate group to leave a certain area of even the country

Tell me what model minority means

This is a stereotype that is applied to a minor group that is seen as reaching significant educational, professional, and socioeconomic levels without challenging the existing establishment.

Tell me what symbolic interactionists focus on which aspect of race

The meanings and symbols we attach to race

Tell me what the intersection theory emphasizes

This emphasizes that race, class, gender, and other identities interact together.