Social
Groups
Groups
What is a Social group?
A collection of people who interact and share a sense of identity.
What is a closed stratification system?
A system where mobility is highly restricted.
Unequal distribution of earnings among individuals is?
Income Inequality
Name two major type of social groups.
Primary and secondary
Stratification is based on class conflict and mobility is limited, is the view of which Marxist?
Karl Marx
How is wealth different from income?
Wealth refers to accumulated assets and income refers to the money earned.
Social groups shape behavior through _________?
Through norms, roles, and expectations.
What is social mobility?
Movement of individuals or groups within a social hierarchy.
Race and gender intersect with income inequality. They are known as?
Social factors
Sasha is heavily influenced by her age group to conform or “fit in”. What’s the Caribbean word?
“Peer pressure”
People are born into a fixed status with very little or no opportunity to move up or down in society.
Closed stratification system.
Globalization and wage stagnation is cause for wealth inequality.
True
This stratification system combines elements of open and closed.
Mixed stratification system.