Ch.4 Key Terms (Part 1)

achieved status

• an individual’s isolation from his society, his work, and his sense of self

• societies that rely on farming as a way of life

• the status a person chooses, such as a level of education or income

agricultural societies

• societies that rely on farming as a way of life

• a situation in which society no longer has the support of a firm collective consciousness

• the status outside of an individual’s control, such as sex or race

alienation

• the owners of the means of production in a society

• an individual’s isolation from his society, his work, and his sense of self

• the status outside of an individual’s control, such as sex or race

anomie

• the status outside of an individual’s control, such as sex or race

• a situation in which society no longer has the support of a firm collective consciousness

• societies that rely on farming as a way of life

ascribed status

• the awareness of one’s rank in society

• the status outside of an individual’s control, such as sex or race

• the communal beliefs, morals, and attitudes of a society

bourgeoisie

• the owners of the means of production in a society

• the awareness of one’s rank in society

• the communal beliefs, morals, and attitudes of a society

capitalism

• societies that operate on a strict hierarchical system of power based around land ownership and protection

• a way of organizing an economy so that the things that are used to make and transport products (such as land, oil, factories, ships, etc.) are owned by individual people and companies rather than by the government

• a condition in which the beliefs, ideals, or ideology of a person are not in the person’s own best interest

class consciousness

• the communal beliefs, morals, and attitudes of a society

• the owners of the means of production in a society

• the awareness of one’s rank in society

collective conscience

• the awareness of one’s rank in society

• the communal beliefs, morals, and attitudes of a society

• the status outside of an individual’s control, such as sex or race

false consciousness

• a condition in which the beliefs, ideals, or ideology of a person are not in the person’s own best interest

• societies that operate on a strict hierarchical system of power based around land ownership and protection

• the act of implanting a convention or norm into society