Mortenson's General Sociology Exam 3 Review

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Social stratification is...

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the division of society into groups arranged in a social hierarchy

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absolute poverty

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the point at which a household's income falls below the necessary level to purchase the most basic necessities of life

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Assimilation is...

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the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another

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Biological Assimilation occurs when members of one group marry those of other social or ethnic groups?

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members of one group marry those of other social or ethnic groups

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Cultural Assimilation is...?

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the process by which racial or ethnic groups are absorbed into the dominant group by adopting the dominant group's culture

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Body Consciousness is...?

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how a person perceives and feels about his or her body

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cross-dresser

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a male who dresses as a woman or a female who dresses as a man, but who does not alter his/her genitalia

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caste system is....

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a set of closed/rigid social categories that determine not only a person's occupation and economic potential, but also his or her position in society, determined at birth based on parent's ascribed characteristics

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Dependency Theory is a...?

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a model of economic and social development that explains global inequality in terms of the historical exploitation of poor nations by rich ones

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A Class System is...?

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social stratification based on both birth and individual achievement; a type of open stratification based on the ownership and control of resources and on the type of work that people do