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Social Stratification and Mobility: Key Terms and Definitions, Quizzes of Contemporary Sociology

Definitions for key terms related to social stratification and mobility, including closed and open systems, culture of poverty, dual labor market, horizontal and vertical mobility, income, intergenerational and intragenerational mobility, life chances, objective and reputational methods, power, prestige, social differentiation, social mobility, social stratification, socioeconomic life cycle, style of life, and wealth.

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2011/2012

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TERM 1
closed system
DEFINITION 1
stratification system in which people have great difficulty
changing their status
TERM 2
culture of poverty
DEFINITION 2
view that the poorpossess self perpetuating lifeways
characterized by the weak ego structures, lack of impulse
control, a present time, orientation and a sense of
resignation and fatalism
TERM 3
dual labor market
DEFINITION 3
economy characterized by two sectors. Primary or core
sector offers "good jobs" and the secondary or periphery
sector offers "bad jobs"
TERM 4
horizontal mobility
DEFINITION 4
movement from one social status to another that is
approximately of equal rank
TERM 5
income
DEFINITION 5
amount of money people receive
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closed system

stratification system in which people have great difficulty changing their status TERM 2

culture of poverty

DEFINITION 2 view that the poorpossess self perpetuating lifeways characterized by the weak ego structures, lack of impulse control, a present time, orientation and a sense of resignation and fatalism TERM 3

dual labor market

DEFINITION 3 economy characterized by two sectors. Primary or core sector offers "good jobs" and the secondary or periphery sector offers "bad jobs" TERM 4

horizontal mobility

DEFINITION 4 movement from one social status to another that is approximately of equal rank TERM 5

income

DEFINITION 5 amount of money people receive

intergenerational mobility

comparison of the social status of parents and their children at some point in there respective careers TERM 7

intragenerational mobility

DEFINITION 7 social comparison of the social status ofa person over an extended period of time TERM 8

life chances

DEFINITION 8 likelihood that people will enjoy desired goods and services for healthy long lives TERM 9

objective method

DEFINITION 9 approach to the identification of social classes that employs such yardsticks as income, occupation, and education TERM 10

open system

DEFINITION 10 stratification system where people can change their status with ease

social mobility

process in which individuals or groups move from one level to another in the stratification system TERM 17

social stratification

DEFINITION 17 structured ranking of individuals and groups; their grading into hierarchical layers or strata TERM 18

socioeconomic life cycle

DEFINITION 18 sequence of stages that begin with birth into a family with a specific social status and proceeds through childhood socialization schooling job seeking occupational achievement marriage and a formation of a family TERM 19

style of life

DEFINITION 19 magnitude and manner of people's consumption of goods services TERM 20

vertical mobility

DEFINITION 20 movement of individuals from one social status to another of higher or lower rank

wealth

what people own