Chapters 5-9

Question 1

Social inequality

Answer 1

unequal distribution of resources

Question 2

Social stratification

Answer 2

Socially sanctioned patterns of inequality that exist based on distinguishable attributes

Question 3

Social mobility

Answer 3

Movement occurring between and within social classes in a stratified system

Question 4

Class system

Answer 4

Hierarchical system of stratification based on ascribed and achieved economic measures (income, wealth)

Question 5

Socioeconomic status

Answer 5

Combined measure of education, income and occupation determining social standing

Question 6

Cost of living

Answer 6

measure of the average price for essential goods and services (includes food, clothing, shelter, transportation) in a given area

Question 7

LICO (Low-Income Cut-Off)

Answer 7

Annual family income below which a family is worse off than average due to high proportion of income spent on food, clothing and shelter

Question 8

Homelessness

Answer 8

State in which a person is unable to secure a
permanent residence

Question 9

Social Safety Net

Answer 9

Services and programs designed to lessen financial burdens for low-income groups

Question 10

Meritocracy

Answer 10

Advancement based on worth (achievement, experience, education)

Question 11

Alienation

Answer 11

Detachment between a worker and his or her labour – capitalist function

Question 12

Feminization of poverty

Answer 12

proportionally large group of female headed single house-hold experiencing poverty
Female lone parent households

Question 13

Mean world syndrome

Answer 13

People seek out measures to protect themselves from the “mean world”

Question 14

Media literacy

Answer 14

The ability to recognize, critically assess and make informed choices about messages contained in mass media forms

Question 15

Media literacy aspects

Answer 15

All media are constructions
Audiences negotiate meaning
Media have commercial interests
Media have social and political implications
Each medium has a unique aesthetic form

Question 16

Net neutrality

Answer 16

Principle of equality and detachment to how information is relayed by service providers

Question 17

Stereotype

Answer 17

Overgeneralization about a group often based on faulty assumptions

Question 18

Sex

Answer 18

Biology (male/female)

Question 19

Gender

Answer 19

Culture (masculine/feminine)

Question 20

Elite discourses of sex, gender and sexuality based on?

Answer 20

Dualisms

Question 21

Dualism

Answer 21

The division of two opposed assets

Question 22

How many ethnic origins are there in Canada?

Answer 22

200

Question 23

Types of discrimination

Answer 23

Individual discrimination
Prejudiced discriminates
Prejudiced non-discriminators
No prejudiced discriminators
No prejudiced non-discriminators

Question 24

Structural definition of family

Answer 24

Who is part of it

Question 25

Functional definition of family

Answer 25

Internal processes and functions (Murdock 1949)

Question 26

Emotional definition of family

Answer 26

Any group whose members love and care for one another

Question 27

Fictive kin

Answer 27

It does not involve relationships

Question 28

Systematic

Answer 28

Lack of diversity

Question 29

What occurred in 1968 that spiked divorce rates?

Answer 29

Divorce law changed (did not need reason)

Question 30

What is the gender wage gap percentage?

Answer 30

89%

Question 31

Anti-miscegenation laws

Answer 31

Prevent blacks from marrying whites