Unit FOUR Study Guide
Social Stratification: Class, Race, Ethnicity, Sex & Gender, Age and Disability
Test: Friday, December 13, 2013
Social Stratification: Social Class
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Social Stratification
a. Definition of…
b. Power, prestige & property
Socioeconomic Status
a. Definition of…
b. Societal implications
c. Determining factors
Systems of Stratification
a. Caste System
b. Class System
i. Definition of Social Class
ii. Determination of Social Class
1. Objective Method
2. Subjective Method
3. Reputational Method
The United States’ Class System (***be able to identify common characteristics of each class – this includes approximate percentages of
the American population, typical professions, etc.)
a. Lower Class
b. Working Class
i. Working Poor
ii. Blue Collar
c. Middle Class
i. Lower Middle
ii. Upper Middle
d. Upper Class
i. Lower Upper
ii. Upper Upper
e. Social Class and…(see hw assignment)
i. Poverty
ii. Life Chances
Sociological Explanations of Class
a. Structural-Functionalism (Davis & Moore)
b. Conflict (Beegley)
Social Mobility
a. Definition
b. Vertical vs. Horizontal
c. Intragenerational vs. Intergenerational
d. Patterns of social mobility in the U.S.
***Familiarize yourself with patterns & trends regarding social class in the United States (graphs, charts, statistics, etc.)
Social Stratification: Race & Ethnicity
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Race in the United States
a. Definition of…
b. Societal implications
c. 19th century racial typology
d. 21st century racial typology (as seen in census data)
Ethnicity in the United States
a. Definition of…
b. Societal implications
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c. “Ethnic markers”
The Maintenance of Inequality
a. Majority Group
b. Minority Group
c. 5 characteristics of minority group
Racial & Ethnic Problems
a. Stereotype v. Prejudice v. Discrimination
b. Merton’s Patterns of Prejudice/Discrimination
i. All Weather Liberal
ii. Fair Weather Liberal
iii. Timid Bigot
iv. Active Bigot
c. Types of Discrimination
i. Overt/Intentional v. Subtle/Unintentional (+ examples)
ii. Individual Discrimination v. Institutional Discrimination (+ examples)
iii. Microaggressions
d. Theories of Prejudice
i. Social/Cultural
ii. Scapegoat
iii. Authoritarian Personality
iv. Economic
Patterns of Minority Group Treatment (+ examples)
a. Cultural Pluralism
b. Assimilation
c. Legal Protection
d. Segregation
i. De facto
ii. De jure
e. Subjugation
i. slavery
f. Population Transfer
g. Extermination/Genocide
America, the “Melting Pot?”
a. Ethnic makeup, societal characteristics & challenges associated with each
i. the White population
ii. the Black population
iii. the Hispanic population
iv. the Asian population
v. the Native American population
Social Stratification: Sex & Gender
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Components of Sexual Identity
a. Sex + Gender + Sexuality
Sexism
a. Individual sexism
b. Institutional sexism
Women, a minority group?
World gender inequity
American gender inequity
a. Workplace
i. “Glass Ceiling”
ii. “Second Shift”
iii. Disparities in pay
b. Politics & government
***Familiarize yourself with patterns & trends regarding sex and gender in the United States (graphs, charts, statistics, etc.)