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| an idea-typical system of social stratification in which there is no mobility; all status is by ascription |
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| assignment to a position because of characteristics such as race, sex, or family ancestry, over hich the individual has no control |
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| an idea-typical system of social stratification in which there is a total mobility; all status is by acheivement |
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| government by persons found to be most capable |
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| the social class that, in Marxist theory, controls the means of production and uses capital, natural resources, and exploited labor to make profits |
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| the social class that, in Marxist theory, labors as the instrument of production for the bourgeoisie |
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| the process whereby a society reproduces its system of inequality from one generation to the next |
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| the general cultural backgroun, knowledge, disposition, and skills that are passed from one generation to the next |
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| respect or favorable regard attached to a person because of his or her position in the social system |
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| the probability of controlling or influencing the behavior of other persons, even against resistance |
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| an annual income amount that separates the poor from the non poor |
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| the impression that women are increasingly likely to be poor because of the increasing concentration of poverty in female-headed homes |
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| the view that increased wealth in the hands of the rich will result in an improved economy that will help the poor |
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| the view that directly helping the poor will creat a demand for goods and services that will improve the economy |
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| redistribution of something of value from one person or group to another person or group, not based on work the receiver is performing |
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| a group defined by socially selected physical chaacteristics |
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| group distinction based on national origin or distinctive culture patterns such as religion, language, or region |
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| movement into a non-native country or region |
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| the total number of children each woman is expected to have over a lifetime |
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| process by which immigrant groups assimilate intoa dominant or hose culture and change their values, language, and practices |
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| alternative name for Mexican Americans |
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| workers who are expected to retun to Mexico after a temporary period of employment |
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| a traditional Mexican custom of co-parenthood that developed from God-parenthood |
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| ideal-typical characteristics of manliness in a highly differentiated Mexican or Mexican American gender role structure |
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| First generation Japanese immigrants to the United States, mostly between 1890 and 1920. |
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| second generation Japanese Americans |
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| third generation Japanese Americans |
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| a code of romantic behavior idealized among the aristocracy of medieval Europe |
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| an artistic and intellectual movement originating in Europe in the late 18th century |
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| the someihng else for which a symbol stands |
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| something else for whicha symbol stands |
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| love appropriate relationship |
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| an affiliation in which the partners mutually accept the use of the word love |
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| expectations partners in a love appropriate relationship have for each other and themselves |
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| expectations partners in a love appropriate relationship have for each other and themselves |
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| love style with intense emotional and sexual attachment, but without possessiveness |
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| affectionate, companionate style of loving |
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| love as play and recreation |
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| love style emphasizing practical elements in relationships and rationality in partner selection |
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| love style with strong emotional intensity, sexual attraction, jealousy, and moodiness |
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| love style characterized by nurturing concern and self-sacrafice |
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| a scientific approach that attempts to use a biological and evolutioary principles to explain the behavior of all social animals, including human beings |
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| principle of least interest |
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| idea that the partner who cares teh least about the relationship has the most power |
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| mate selection by someone other than the potential mates |
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| prescriptive mating system |
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| a set of norms that specify whom a person should marry |
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| universal permanent availability |
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| a social condition wherin any individual is alway a potential mate for anyone else |
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| a value system emphasizing a strong sense of duty and strict sexual morality; after Queen Victoria of Englund |
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| the concept that individuals or their families shop and bargain for mates in a way similar to economic transactions |
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general marital desirability
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the desirability of a person as a mate based on socially agreed-upon resources
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| person specific marital desirability |
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| the desirability of a person as a mate based on another individual's particular preferences |
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| the group of individuals constituting realistic potential mates |
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| mate selection from within the group |
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| mate selection from outside the group |
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| selection of mates from those with similar social characteristics |
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| selection of mates from among those with different social characteristics |
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| the phenomenon that persons marry others like themselves more often than would expected by chance |
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| marriage between individuals with characteristics that society generaly defines to groups for homogamy |
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| formal norms agaisnt marriage of persons of different races |
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| the percentage of marriages involving members of a particular group that include a partner ho is not in that group |
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| mixed marriage rate for individuals |
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| the percent of individuals of a particular group who are married to an individual who is not in the group in question |
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| marriage with a person of lower social position |
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| marriage in which the woman marries into a higher social level |
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| marriage in which a woman marries into a lower social level |
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| result of a tendency to have more hypergamy than hypogamy in a mate selection system |
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| nearness; tendency to select mates from pernos who live nearby |
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| a demographic condition in which there areconsiderably more eligible mates for one sex than for another |
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| an unmarried girl or woman, usually assumed to be a virgin |
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| a woman who remains unmarried beyond the typical age |
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| living together, especially as an intimate couple in a marriage like relationship |
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| unmarried couple household |
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| two adults not related and opposite sex, but o additional adults; and any children present are under 15 years old |
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