Stratification
The federal government sets the poverty line each year. If you make less than that number, you are poor. This is an example of ____ poverty:
What is absolute poverty?
The term for a person who gets out of prison and then commits a new crime:
The status you are born with is called:
The daughter of a college professor becomes a Skid Row alcoholic. This is an example of this kind of social mobility:
The Stanford Prison Experiment is a great example of this theory of deviance:
Korean Americans are an example of this type of culture:
More women live in poverty than men. The term for this is:
What is the feminization of poverty?
A person who quits their job to go live alone in a tent in the woods shows this response to strain:
What are cultural universals?
Most sociologists agree that THIS is the most important thing to help break the cycle of poverty:
What is education?
In the 1990s, there was a HUGE spike in the number of people in American prisons. One reason for that was this type law:
What are Three Strikes Laws?
Judging a culture by their standards and not our own is an example of this sociological belief:
What is cultural relativity?
The three dimensions of social stratification are:
What is power, wealth, and prestige?
According to control theory, large companies take advantage of ordinary Americans because they lack:
A high school student needs to study for finals and is scheduled to work 42 hours this week. This is an example of:
What is role conflict?