Sociology

Sociology Study Guide

• Intergenerational mobility: How an individual’s status compares to his or her parents’. • Intragenerational mobility: How an individual’s status changes during the course of his orher life. • Structural mobility: Caused by changes in the economy and not due to individual achievement. • Exchange mobility: Occurs when people at different hierarchical levels exchange places. The three methods used to analyze American class structure: • Reputation method: Asking how members of the society view the stratification. • Subjective method: Asking of which class members of a society believe they are a part. • Objective method: Ranks people based on facts like income and occupation. Characteristics of the culture of poverty: • Inability to resist impulsive gratification. • Suspicious of all authority. • Lacking in a plan for the future. • Having a sense of resignation. Minority group traits: • Culturally determined traits: Dress, language, and hairstyle. • Biologically determined traits: Skin color and hair texture. Five minority group properties: • Exploited by (or suffer damages from) the dominant group. • Identified by at least one socially visible characteristic. • Share a common identity and share a strong sense of solidarity. • Born into the group. (ie. They are members due to an ascribed status.) • Marry within the group (usually). Five ways minority groups influence the dominant society: • Passive acceptance: Minorities accept the current situation. • Aggression: Expressions of dissatisfaction, verbal, written, or physical violence. • Collective protest: Minorities band together to express dissatisfaction. • Self-segregation: Voluntary separation from the dominant society. • Voluntary assimilation: Attempting to blend into the dominant society by learning the culture.

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