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Social Class
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Random Good Stuff to Know
100
Who gets what and why
What is social stratification
100
The negative attitude toward an entire category of people.
What is prejudice.
100
This is the study of the distribution of disease and health across a population.
What is social epidemiology
100
The acronym for "Not in my backyard"
What is NIMBY
100
Use this if you don't want to use disposable or cloth diapers.
What is a diaper service
200
The term Marx used to refer to the working class, or those who sold their labor.
Who are the proletariat.
200
Prejudice is an attitude; discrimination is a _____.
What is behavior
200
The infant mortality rate is 2 times higher for _____ than Whites.
Who are Blacks
200
People in minority or low income communitites are exposed to toxic waste dumping and other forms of environmental pollution
What is environmental injustice
200
The top 20% of the U.S. population holds this much of the country's wealth.
What is 84%.
300
People's opportunitites to provide themselves with matieral goods, positive living conditions, and favorable experiences.
What are life chances.
300
A White male lawyer mentors a young female Latina lawyer. According to the contact hypothesis, this situation would be unlikely to reduce prejudice because of ___.
What is unequal status
300
Social class has an effect on health. Besides financial strain and lack of health insurance, these are 2 factors which contribute to the ill health of many low income people.
What are crowded living conditions, substandard housing, poor diet, less education, and stress.
300
These people consider the environmental impact of decisions they make when buys goods.
Who are pro-environmental consumers
300
This influences the values middle/upper class and working class parents have for their own children.
What are job characteristics.
400
A woman born and raised in a poor family becomes a orthopedic surgeon.
What is vertical or upward mobility.
400
This is the practice of assuming that people who fit certain descriptions are likely to be engaged in illegal activities.
What is racial profiling.
400
The "sick role" is associated with this perspective.
What is functionalist perspective
400
Two causes of environmental racism
What is no minority elected officials, path of least resistance, limited access to community planning, exclusion from environmental movement, housing discrimination
400
A major theme of analysis in sociology today, which looks at the conditions in which people have differing amounts of wealth, income, prestige, or power.
What is social inequality.
500
This theory argues that social inequality is necessary so people will be motiviated to fill important positions/jobs in our society. Society must be willing to reward these people.
What is the functional theory of stratification (or Davis-Moore thesis).
500
The teacher in Riceville, IA, who taught her students a lesson in discrimination.
Who is Jane Elliott.
500
This concept refers to the growing role of medicine as a major institution of social control. (Think about Latisse)
What is the medicalization of society
500
The Holt family from Tennessee has been diagnosed with these health issues.
What is cancer, diabetes, heart disease, skin rashes.
500
This historical tragedy is noted to illustrate the impact of social class on life chances.
What is the sinking of the Titanic.