Poverty/Economic Mobility
What system, historically used in India, prevents people from changing their socioeconomic status?
Caste System
What is the most catastrophic pattern of conflict?
Genocide
Define "Gray Power".
The elderly have more political power than younger people.
What group has the highest influence upon a person?
What groups are most commonly impacted by poverty?
Minorities, women
When a group that holds prejudices against another group uses their political power to target the group they are prejudice against.
____________ _________________ is the belief that one's physical attributes (at birth and throughout life) determines if someone is male or female.
Biological Determinism
Are most members of the elderly population who live in institutions like nursing homes wealthy?
No.
What is the stem for most terms in which a family's decisions or lineage is based on the wife?
Matri(-archy/-lineal/-local)
What is the term for when you transfer jobs to a similar position in society, like from a programmer at Michelin to an IT position at BMW?
Horizontal Mobility
What is a self-fulfilling prophecy?
A self-perceived notion so common among society that individuals impacted by it naturally want to conform to it.
How would someone who strongly believes in gender socialization refute the arguments of someone who strongly believes in biological determinism?
An individual learns how to identify with (represent) their gender based on what society tells them, not when they are born.
What is the conflict perspective's view on Ageism?
Younger individuals will have a negative view of the elderly due to a "scarcity of resources".
What is the term commonly used to describe a couple living together but neither married or engaged?
Cohabitation
Provide an example of vertical mobility.
An answer concerning either moving up or down in society based off your occupation
Ex: Electrician to Stock Broker
or Doctor to Cashier
What South American country's citizens are not considered Hispanic?
Brazil
What country has the highest percentage of it's government offices held by women?
Rwanda
What is the social interactionist perspective's view of ageism?
Younger people develop negative stereotypes of the elderly.
What is the term for having multiple husbands?
Polyandry
What is false consciousness?
The adoption of the ideas of the dominant class by the less powerful class
What is the term for when immigrants to the United States no longer celebrate/embrace their cultural heritage, but instead celebrate/embrace "traditional American" cultural values?
Anglo-Conformity
What sociologist highlighted how unique different tribes were on the island of New Guinea?
Margaret Meade
What is age stratification?
The unequal distribution of resources based on age. (The elderly tend to have more wealth)
What is the term for when you marry someone with different social characteristics?
Heterogamy