Review 1
Material or non-material culture? Ideas, languages, beliefs
What is non-material culture
The social science that studies human society and social behavior (groups of people)
What is Sociology
The three theoretical perspectives of sociology
What are Functionalist, Conflict, Interactionist
One of the three Ps: Ability to control the behavior of others, ex. the government
What is power
Material culture or non-material culture? Something you can touch, or hold.
What is material culture
Recognition, respect, and admiration attached to social positions
What is prestige
What is the theoretical perspective - competition over scarce resources is at the basis of social conflict.
What is conflict perspective
The absence of enough money to secure life's necessities
What is absolute poverty
Class where people typically unemployed who came from families that have been poor for generations
What is underclass
A trend in U.S. society in that women and children make up an increasing proportion of the poor.
What is the feminization of poverty
A change upward or downward in occupational status or social class
What is vertical mobility
What is Theoretical perspective that views society as a set of interrelated parts that work together.
What is functionalist perspective
A measure of poverty based on the economic disparity between those at the bottom of a society and the rest of the society
What is relative poverty
What is the most universal social institution
What is family
A change in status or class from one generation to the next
What is intergenerational mobility
The movement of individuals or groups between social classes
What is social mobility
What is Theoretical perspective- focuses on how individuals interact with one another in society
What is interactionist perspective
A change in occupation within the same social class
What is horizontal mobility
Adoption of the ideas of the dominant class by the less powerful class
What is false consciousness
The interactive process through which people learn the basic skills, values, beliefs, and behavior patterns of society
What is socialization
Shared products of human groups-physical objects and the beliefs, values, and behaviors of shared groups
What is culture
Typical income of 2 million dollars or more
What is upper class
Typical income of $80,000 to $100,000
What is the Upper Middle Class
What is the difference between nature and nurture
Nature-genes Nurture-how raised