soc 101 final Flashcards
(26 cards)
demonstration of status
thorstein veblen: theory of leisure class
small hunter/gatherer groups (biggest/best looking perosn in the group)
physical prowess
displaced physical prowess (determines your power, you know how to control money) buy the most expensive things
pecuniary prowess
use of status symbols
conspicuous consumption
higher arcicual arrangement of large social groups based on access & control over valued resources
social stratification
concepts of life chances came from who?
Max Weber
who said cultural universal must somehow be functional within social facts?
Durkheim
extent to which a person/group social stratification system has access to & or control over valued resources
life chances
contemporary sociologists (social inequality is functional) every society has access to & or control over valued resources
Davis Moore Theory
most are open based on ownership of property & income & occupation (social stratification)
open & closed systems
impossible to move from one layer to another in a system
closed stratification system
allows for vertical, social mobility…movement from one layer to another in a social stratification
open stratification system
slavery
a caste system
apartheid
examples of closed systems
doesn’t allow for vertical, social mobility…movement from one layer to another in a social stratification
slavery
a person’s occupation & social position is determined permanently at birth by their own parent’s ascribed characteristics (can’t move up or down)
a caste system
expansion of division of labor (occupations grew rapidly) people brought in the idea that working hard & being prosperous was the way to become higher in their social stratification
caused caste system to break down
being able to accomplish one’s goals w/o someone disturbing
power
a caste system based on ranks
apartheid
composite/combined measure of economic income
socio-economic status (SES)
whats weber’s definition of income?
generated by wages/salary, property ownership
whats weber’s definition of wealth?
income + all other assests
not being able to meet one’s basic needs
absolute poverty
being able to meet one’s basic needs but not being able to live in a normal standard of living
relative poverty
who is most likely to become poor?
-children
-older non-whites
-2/3 of adults living in poverty in the U.S are women
-whites make up 60% below
-non-whites make up 40% (over-represented)
