Sociology Chapter 8 Vocabulary

change upward or downward in occupational status or social class

• vertical mobility

• horizontal mobility

• social mobility

• intergenerational mobility

ability to control the behaviors of others

• power

• prestige

• wealth

• income

absence of enough money to secure life's necessities

• absolute poverty

• relative poverty

• caste system

• open-class system

segment of society whose members hold similar amounts of resources & shared values

• social class

• underclass

• open-class system

• vertical mobility

class that owns the means of production

• bourgeoisie

• proletariat

• working poor

• underclass

change in status or class from one generation to the next

• intergenerational mobility

• horizontal mobility

• vertical mobility

• social mobility

identification with the goals & interest of a social class

• class consciousness

• social mobility

• false consciousness

• vertical mobility

measure of poverty based on the economic disparity between those at the bottom & the rest of society

• relative poverty

• absolute poverty

• feminization of poverty

• working poor

stratification structure that does not allow for social mobility

• caste system

• horizontal mobility

• open-class system

• social stratification

movement of individuals or groups between social classes

• social mobility

• caste system

• horizontal mobility

• feminization of poverty