Chapter 9 Sociology

Technique used to rank people according to social class on the basis of reports by community members

• reputational method

• subjective method

Groupings of people with similar levels of wealth, power, and prestige

• caste system

• social class

Marriage within one's own social category

• prestige

• caste system

• endogamy

Movement between or within social classes or strata

• social mobility

• social stratification

• social inequality

Scarce resources and rewards are distributed on the basis of ascribed statuses

• caste system

• class system

Standard of living below the minimum level society considers decent and reasonable

• poverty

• wealth

• social class

Separation of the members of society on the basis of certain characteristics

• social inequality

• social stratification

• social mobility

Unequal sharing of social rewards and resources

• social stratification

• vertical mobility

• social inequality

Technique used to rank people according to social class in which the people themselves determine their own social rank

• reputational method

• subjective method

Dimension of social stratification made up of assets and income

• wealth

• poverty