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The American Dream
Race/Immigration
Stratification
Sapolsky
Class
100
This important class is being destroyed within American society.
What is the middle class?
100
What is the anthropological definition of race?
What is "a culturally constructed category based on perceived physical differences." ?
100
the three parts of stratification
What is power, wealth, prestige?
100
the "SES"
What is the abbreviation for socioeconomic status?
100
a category of people with similar amounts of (or opportunity for) economic wealth, power, and prestige; ranked in comparison to other classes
What is "class"?
200
While many people have argued that America is the land of opportunity, and perhaps it was, it is now plagued by this kind of mobility
What is downward mobility?
200
Anthropologists argue that although race is not a "real" hard entity, it is "real" only in that....
.... It has real affects on people's lives. We call this a social fact. It's real because people face real discrimination and stress due to their assigned racial category.
200
Do wealth and prestige go hand in hand? Why or why not?
No. You could have great wealth through illicit means (ie selling drugs) and you don't have prestige.
200
Your health is based on your _________ wealth, according to Sapolsky
What is "Relative" - how wealthy your feel COMPARED to others around you
200
form of social stratification that allows for social mobility
What is a class system?
300
This President gave tax cuts to the rich that increased the disparity of wealth in our nation.
Who is George Bush?
300
How is "race" different in the US as compared to Brazil?
Brazilians view race as continuum and have more racial categories, whereas in the US we see race more so as binary opposite of black and white. Brazilians have taken pride in racial mixing whereas the US has prohibited racial mixing for much of its history.
300
This part of stratification is associated with your reputation. This can often be dictated by your career, but that is culturally dependent.
What is prestige?
300
Human stress is different from animal stress or even our long distant ancestors stress because....
We know have chronic stress as opposed to short term, intense stress.
300
A closed system, not allowing for any social mobility is called : this is in opposition to a class system
What is a caste system?
400
What has enabled many Americans to "fake" a middle class lifestyle? How have people been able to accumulate the goods that are commonly associated with a middle class or comfortable lifestyle?
What is credit cards/ loans?
400
This group of immigrants are highly assimilated and express greater satisfaction with their lives in American than their counterparts in Europe.
Who are Muslim Immigrants?
400
stratification is found in what kind of political organization?
What is in state societies?
400
what is the relationship between inequality and health ?
In cultures with more inequality, there is a greater disparity between the health of the rich and the poor. In cultures with less inequality, there is better health all around.
400
moving up and down the social class ladder
What is social mobility?
500
What are the two different cultural ideologies in our country in regard to how involved the government should be in people's lives?
The first ideology that emerged post-Great Depression states that the government should provide a safety net for people and help people move up the social scale. The 2nd ideology believes that the government should be small and that success should be based on individual achievement, not government aide.
500
What has made the immigration of Cubans and Mexicans a very different experience although both are immigrating from Latin America?
There has been a steady wave of Mexican immigrants as opposed to a large influx of Cuban immigrants fleeing Castro's communism. Many Mexican immigrants are voluntary, some Cuban immigrants on involuntary. With a steady flow of immigrants, the culture can be maintained, whereas with sharp peaks and drop offs, it harder to maintain your nation of origins' culture.
500
This theory regarding the existence of stratification states that it serves a purpose to motivate people to work hard. Work hard and you'll be rewarded with a better position - more prestige, wealth, and power.
What is Functionalist explanation?
500
Sapolsky suggests that poorer health among poorer people is not due to unequal amounts of access to health care. He studied cultures with this kind of healthcare - one in which everyone ideally has = access to care- and found the same correlation between health and wealth.
What is "socialized" healthcare?
500
This country is known for their caste system
What is India?