Culture
Social Class
Poverty
Gender & Race
Gender
100
The standard by which people define what is desirable, good, bad, beautiful, or ugly
What are values.
100
The total value of everything someone owns minus the debts...
What is wealth?
100
Part of the US with the largest percentage of people in poverty living in poverty
What is the south?
100
an act 0of unfair treatment directed against an individual or group
What is discrimination?
100
the average number of years a person can expect to live
What is life expectancy?
200
A norm so strong that it brings extreme sanctions.
What is a taboo.
200
The ability to carry out your will even over the resistance of others...
What is power?
200
This group is the largest living in poverty
what is children?
200
a negative attitude towards a different group
What is prejudice?
200
the country that has the highest life expectancy of any country in the world
What is japan?
300
This is a group within a larger group.
What is a subculture?
300
The ability to move from one class of people to another...
What is social mobility?
300
the condition of living in poverty which continues generation after generation
what is the poverty cycle?
300
the policy of keeping racial-ethic groups
What is segregation?
300
the name given to people born at roughly the same time who pass through the life course together
What is age cohort?
400
The Hell's Angels and the Aryan Nation are both examples of...
What is a counterculture?
400
The social changes that family members can make in classes from one generation to the next...
What is intergenerational mobility?
400
factor or event which propels someone over the edge into poverty
What is poverty trigger?
400
the abuse of one's position of authority to force unwanted sexual demands on someone
What is sexual harassment?
400
Prejudice and discrimination against the elderly
What is ageism?
500
Tex-Mex food, sushi made and sold in HEB, and McDonalds in Japan are all examples of...
What is cultural diffusion?
500
This is the most important factor in regards to prestige...
What is occupation?
500
the condition in which most poor families are headed by women
What is the feminization of poverty?
500
the invisible barrier that keeps women from advancing to the top levels at work
What is glass ceiling?
500
the view that society is stabilized by having the elderly retire
What is disengagement theory?