Sociology Chapter 8 and 9 Test

people sharing inherited physical characteristics

• genetics

• ancestry

• race

unfair practices that are part of the structure of a society

• individual acceptance

• systematic equality

• institutional discrimination

an illegal act motivated by extreme prejudice

• compassion crime

• kindness crime

• hate crime

people employed in low-skill jobs with the lowest pay who do not earn enough to rise out of poverty

• intergenerational mobility

  
  

• absolute poverty

  
  

• working poor

  
  

ranking of people according to their unequal access to resources

• cultural assimilation

• economic equality

• social stratification

identification with the goals and interests of a social class

• group awareness

• societal mindfulness

• class consciousness

class that owns the means of production

• bourgeoisie

• middle class

• proletariat

a form of segregation that happens outside the law

• voluntary segregation

• de jure segregation

• de facto segregation

a trend in U.S. society in which women and children make up an increasing proportion of the poor

• masculinization of poverty

• childization of poverty

• feminization of poverty

respect, recognition, or regard attached to social positions

• Popularity

• Prestige

• Fame