HSB Unit #3 Key Terms

Capitalism

Capitalism

Economic system based on the private ownership of the means of production and their operation for profit

Feminist Theory

Argues that women should be able to experience the same rights as men.

Glass Ceiling

An invisible barrier put in place to prevent minorities from being successful

Desensitize

Familiarity with a stimulus to the extent that an individual's reaction to it is reduced

Normalization

The process of being exposed to something to the extent that it becomes the new norm.

Occupy Movement

A protest against income inequality

Attawapiskat

a first nations community who experienced a state of emergency in 2011 when living conditions were extremely poor

Achieved vs. Ascribed status

The former refers to the ability of an individual to achieve a social position due to their own effort, while the latter refers to being given the social position not due to any skills of the individual

Closed/Open system

The former refers to strict boundaries in social positions, while the latter refers to flexible boundaries

Intragenerational/intergenerational Mobility

The former refers to the social mobility of an individual within their own lifetime, while the latter refers to social mobility experienced by the family across generations

Caste System/Apartheid

The former refers to a system of social inequality wherein a persons permanent social status is determined at birth based on their parents ascribed characteristics. The latter refers to a system of racial segregation involving political, legal and economic discrimination against coloured people

Horizontal/Vertical Mobility

The former refers to the ability of an individual to experience a gain or loss in position or income without affecting their place in the class structure, while the latter refers to the position being affected

Social Mobility

Refers to a change in an individual's social/economic status

Social Stratification

A system of ranking individuals in a hierarchical manner based on class and status

Lens

The filtering of ideas transmitted in media to sell a specific idea

Marxism/Socialism

The political and economic theory of Karl Marx

Columbine

A mass school shooting in 1999