Terms & Terminology
This is the recognition, respect, and admiration that is attached to a social position or occupation.
What is prestige?
This social class in America contains only one percent of the population, but a vast majority of the wealth.
What is the upper class?
This is the money that you earn from your job or occupation.
What is your income?
This social class system does NOT allow for the movement of people between social strata.
What is a caste system?
This class is subject to absolute poverty, or the inability to garner life's necessities. It is the lowest social class in America.
What is the underclass?
Most modern countries and societies have this many major classes within their social hierarchy.
What are 3?
This unfortunate trend in America sees women and children making up a larger and larger percentage of the poor in our country.
What is the feminization of poverty?
The United States, along with most other democratic societies, have an open class system. That means their societies allow for the movement of people between social classes, known as this.
What is social mobility?
Over half the countries in the world fall into this category of global stratification.
What are middle income countries?
This term refers to economic disparity at the bottom of society compared to that of the average or middle social class.
What is relative poverty?
This is the largest social class in America.
What is the middle class?
The statement "societies are stratified so that the most qualified people get into the most important positions" is most in line with this sociological perspective.
What is functionalism?
This phenomenon refers to modern, low income countries becoming dependent and reliant on stronger nations to survive.
What is neocolonialism?
Sociologists point out that many Americans lack a sense of identification with a particular social class, known as this.
What is class consciousness?
According to Marx, this is the working class's acceptance of capitalist ideals and the status quo of society.
What is false consciousness?