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Status
A social position that a person holds. Does not mean "prestige" Does mean "position" TERM 2
Status Set
DEFINITION 2 All the statuses a person holds at a given time. TERM 3
Ascribed Status
DEFINITION 3 A social position a person recieves at birth of takes involuntarily later in life. NO CHOICE TERM 4
Achieved Status
DEFINITION 4 A social position a person takes on voluntarily that reflects personal ability and effort. CHOICE EXAMPLE husband, wife, student, athlete TERM 5
Master Status
DEFINITION 5 Status that holds IMPORTANCE- often shaping one's entire life EXAMPLE occupation gender, parenthood disability, marriage
Role
Behavior expected of someone who holds a PARTICULAR STATUS A person holds a status and performs a role EXAMPLE Status- Student Role- attend class, take notes, study TERM 7
Role Set
DEFINITION 7 A number of ROLES attatched to a SINGLE status EXAMPLE *Status- professor *Roles- researcher, lecturer, writer, advisor *Status- mother *Roles- cooks, nurse, taxi driver TERM 8
Role Conflict
DEFINITION 8 Conflict among the roles connected to TWO OR MORE statuses. TERM 9
Role Strain
DEFINITION 9 Tension among the roles connected to a SINGLE status. TERM 10
Social Stratification and 4 basic principles
DEFINITION 10 A system by which a society RANKS CATEGORIES of people in a hierarchy. 1.It is a trait of society- most think rank is result of personal work 2.Persists of Generations- social level passed down 3.Universal but variable- social inequality found everywhere 4.Involves beliefs- what is considered unequal and why differs from society to society.
Meritocracy
Social stratification based on personal merit- a persons worth. TERM 17
Types of social mobility
DEFINITION 17 -INTRAgenerational-- A change in social position occuring during a person's lifetime. -INTERgenerational-- Upward or downward social mobility of children in relation to their parents. TERM 18
Capitalism
DEFINITION 18 Type of economic system Right to private ownership Based on competition Rewards based on personal achievement and merit Individuals have right to choose Republican Weber TERM 19
3 features of
capitalism
DEFINITION 19 Private ownership of property -right to own almost anything Pursuit of personal profit -seeks to create profit and wealth Competition and consumer choice -free-market system with little government interference -relies on supply and demand theory TERM 20
Socialism
DEFINITION 20 -Type of economic system. -NO private ownership. - Government owns natural resources and means of producing goods and services. -Government determines who needs what. -Thought to create a system where all are equal. - Democratic -Marx
3 features of
socialism
Collective ownership of property -limits rights to private ownership -controls property and makes housing and other goods available to all. Pursuit of collective goals -the entrepreneurial spirit is seen as greed -people are encouraged to work towards a common goal for all not just self. Government control of economy -favors a centrally controlled economy operated by government.
