SOCIOLOGY 1025 FINAL EXAM
social inequality - answersUnequal distribution of resourses
social stratification - answersDivision of social groups in society
Caste system - answersHierarchical system of stratification based on inherited social
standing
Social class - answersShared membership in a group based on economic standing
class system - answersHierarchical system of stratification based on achieved and
ascribed economic measures
social mobility - answersmovement up or down the social class ladder
intergenerational mobility - answersChanges in social class that occur within a person's
lifetime
open system of stratification - answersPeople can move around within the system
closed system of stratification - answersYou are born within a position in society and
that is typically where you stay
social safety net - answersServices and programs designed to lessen financial burdens
experienced by low income groups
Meritocracy - answersCondition of advancement based on worth
Alienation (Marx) - answerspowerlessness in the workplace resulting in the experience
of isolation and misery
Slavery - answersMost extreme form in a closed system of stratification
Slavery has existed in Canada for _______________ years - answersOver 200
Caste System - answersClosed system of stratification based solely on inherited social
standing
Class system - answersDominant system of stratification in the world today
, Vertical mobility - answersMovement up or down the social ladder
Horizontal mobility - answersChanges within the same social ladder
Educational attainment - answersMost influential contributor to socioeconomic status
because it is a qualification for good jobs
Income - answersThe most common measurement of financial wealth in Canada
High class - answersEarn over 109 000 a year - highest 20% of family earners in
Canada
Middle class - answersEarning $72 240 - 20% of the population
Shrinking middle class - answersGrowing income in Canada is becoming more
polarized
Low class - answersBottom 20% of the population - earn less than $41 100
Low Income Cut Off - answersBased on a proportion of income as opposed to set
expenditure or official poverty line
Homelessness - answersMost extreme hardship associated with poverty
Main macro influencers of poverty - answersInadequate income and lack of affordable
housing
Main micro influencers of poverty - answersUnemployment, divorce, substance abuse
and mental illness
Recession - answersIdentified by a drop in a country's GDP
Stratification - functionalist perspective - answersBeneficial because it motivates people
to achieve higher education and develop their skills to their potential success
Stratification - conflict perspective - answersA byproduct of capitalism - inevitable
because when basic needs are met, a division of labor emerges in society and class
struggles become apparent
Stratification - Marx - answersUsed by the most powerful to retain their position in the
upper echelons of a society, benefits the bourgeoisie and disadvantages those who
work for the owners, alienation of workers
Stratification - Weber - answersViewed class differences as based on differences of
lifestyle and interests afforded by similar social standing
social inequality - answersUnequal distribution of resourses
social stratification - answersDivision of social groups in society
Caste system - answersHierarchical system of stratification based on inherited social
standing
Social class - answersShared membership in a group based on economic standing
class system - answersHierarchical system of stratification based on achieved and
ascribed economic measures
social mobility - answersmovement up or down the social class ladder
intergenerational mobility - answersChanges in social class that occur within a person's
lifetime
open system of stratification - answersPeople can move around within the system
closed system of stratification - answersYou are born within a position in society and
that is typically where you stay
social safety net - answersServices and programs designed to lessen financial burdens
experienced by low income groups
Meritocracy - answersCondition of advancement based on worth
Alienation (Marx) - answerspowerlessness in the workplace resulting in the experience
of isolation and misery
Slavery - answersMost extreme form in a closed system of stratification
Slavery has existed in Canada for _______________ years - answersOver 200
Caste System - answersClosed system of stratification based solely on inherited social
standing
Class system - answersDominant system of stratification in the world today
, Vertical mobility - answersMovement up or down the social ladder
Horizontal mobility - answersChanges within the same social ladder
Educational attainment - answersMost influential contributor to socioeconomic status
because it is a qualification for good jobs
Income - answersThe most common measurement of financial wealth in Canada
High class - answersEarn over 109 000 a year - highest 20% of family earners in
Canada
Middle class - answersEarning $72 240 - 20% of the population
Shrinking middle class - answersGrowing income in Canada is becoming more
polarized
Low class - answersBottom 20% of the population - earn less than $41 100
Low Income Cut Off - answersBased on a proportion of income as opposed to set
expenditure or official poverty line
Homelessness - answersMost extreme hardship associated with poverty
Main macro influencers of poverty - answersInadequate income and lack of affordable
housing
Main micro influencers of poverty - answersUnemployment, divorce, substance abuse
and mental illness
Recession - answersIdentified by a drop in a country's GDP
Stratification - functionalist perspective - answersBeneficial because it motivates people
to achieve higher education and develop their skills to their potential success
Stratification - conflict perspective - answersA byproduct of capitalism - inevitable
because when basic needs are met, a division of labor emerges in society and class
struggles become apparent
Stratification - Marx - answersUsed by the most powerful to retain their position in the
upper echelons of a society, benefits the bourgeoisie and disadvantages those who
work for the owners, alienation of workers
Stratification - Weber - answersViewed class differences as based on differences of
lifestyle and interests afforded by similar social standing
