Sociology Quizlet Section

What is external social control?

• several generations of ONE family.

• the movement between or within social classes.

• not all people do what is "right," results in sanctions.

What is vertical mobility?

• movements within a social class or stratum, moving to a job with EQUAL social status.

• the movement between or within social classes.

• movement between social classes or strata, getting a pay raise (bump you from working poor to working class).

What is poverty?

• a standard of living that is below the minimum level considered adequate by society.

• the minimum annual income needed by a family to survive.

• behavior that departs from societal/group NORMS.

How do we control deviant behavior?

• functionalist perspective

• symbolic interactionism

• social control: internal and external.

What is horizontal mobility?

• movements within a social class or stratum, moving to a job with EQUAL social status.

• movement between social classes or strata, getting a pay raise (jump from working poor to working class).

• the movement between or within social classes.

What is social stratification?

• the movement between or within social classes.

• the division of society into categories, ranks, or classes.

• occupations, education, achieved status

What happens once you're labeled?

• not all people do what is "right," results in sanctions.

• if deemed negative, society tries to change that persons behavior.

• movements within a social class or stratum, moving to a job with EQUAL social status.

What is a positive deviance?

• OVERconforming to expectations.

• Behavior that departs from societal/group norms.

• UNDERconforming to expectations.

How does social control work?

• ways to promote/encourage conformity (fitting in), without chaos.

• 42% of released prisoners will be charged again. 45% will return to prison within 5 years.

• the movement between or within social classes.

What is intergenerational mobility?

• within a persons lifetime.

• several generations of one family.

• overconforming to expectations.