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Final Exam Terms
Vocabulary terms that I need to know for my final exam.
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Sociology
Undergraduate 2
12/13/2012

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Relative Poverty
Definition
The deprivation of some people in relationship to those who have more.
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Structural Social Mobility
Definition
A shift in the social position of large numbers of people due more to changes in society than to individual efforts.
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Communism
Definition
The economic system characterized by each person voluntarily giving to society according to his/her ability and recieving from society according to his/her need- after the government has withered away.
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Social Stratification
Definition
A system by which a society ranks categories of people in a hierarchy.
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INTRAgenerational Mobility
Definition
A change in social position occurring during a person's lifetime.
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INTERgenerational Mobility
Definition
Upward or downward social mobility of children in relation to their parents.
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$ Earnings from word or investments. $
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Class System
Definition
Social stratification based on both birth and individual achievement.
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Class Consciousness
Definition
A group's realization of their oppression jjust before they unite and ultimately bring about a REVOLUTION.
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Socioeconomic Status (SES)
Definition
A composite ranking based on various dimensions of social inequality.
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Latent Functions
Definition

Unrecognized and unintended consequences of any social pattern.     (The hidden, not so obvious purpose something serves in society.)

 

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False Consciousness
Definition
The belief that everything in the system is okay and that we deserve what we get because that is what our religion, politics, parents, and everyone else in society tells us. So, we don't challenge the system.
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(Cultural) Pluralism
Definition
A state in which people of all races and ethnicities are distinct but have equal social standing.
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Affirmative Action
Definition
Policy which allows organizations to set gials and timetables related to increasing diversity in order to address lack of equal opportunity that remains as a result of historical and present discrimination.
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Fair Weather Liberal
Definition
Someone who isn't prejudice but discriminates anyway.
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Timid Bigot
Definition
Someone who is prejudiced but DOES NOT discriminate.
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Institutional Prejudice

and Discrimination

Definition
Bias built into the operation of society's institutions.
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Andogyny
Definition
The balanced, healthy combination of feminine and masculine characteristics.
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Exogamy
Definition
Marriage between people of different social categories
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Cohabitation
Definition
The sharing of a household by an unmarried couple.
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Prejudice
Definition
A rigid and unfair generalization about an entire category of people.
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