PRACTICE 1 Stratification Concepts

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What is social stratification?

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A system of categorizing people based on their wealth, income, education, and power.

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What are the two types of systems of stratification?

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Closed and open systems

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What is social mobility?

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The ability of individuals to change positions within a social stratification system

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What is intragenerational mobility?

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Changes in a person's social mobility within a single generation

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What is structural mobility?

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Changes in a whole group of people's social mobility due to societal changes.

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What is absolute poverty?

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An economic condition in which a family or individual cannot afford basic necessities.

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What is relative poverty?

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An economic condition in which a family or individual has 50% income less than the average median income.

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What does global stratification compare?

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The wealth, status, power, and economic stability of countries across the world

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What is the Davis-Moore thesis?

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The theory that social stratification represents the inherently unequal value of different work

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How must prestige be given? Options: It must be claimed, It must be inherited, It must be voluntarily given, It must be bought

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It must be voluntarily given