| A | B |
| Deviance | recognized violation of cultural norms |
| Stigma | powerfully negative label that greatly changes a person's self-concept and social identity |
| White-Collar crime | Crime committed by people of high social position |
| Corporate Crime | Enron employees committed this |
| Hate Crime | Criminal act against a person or a person's property motivated by bias |
| Meritocracy | Social stratification based upon personal merit |
| Ideology | cultural beliefs that justify particular social arrangements |
| Alienation | Isolation or misery resulting from powerlessness |
| Wealth | Money + assets - debts = a persons ______ |
| Relative poverty | "have nots" |
| Absolute poverty | lack of resources that can be life-threatening |
| Colonialism | Nations enriching themselves through political and economic control of other nations |
| Gender | traits attached to male or female |
| Sexism | Society links certain activities and attitudes to each sex |
| Ethnicity | Shared cultural heritage |
| Race | people who share biologically transmitted traits |
| Racism | Belief that one racial category is innately superior or inferior to another |
| Discrimination | treating various categories of people unequally |
| Pluralism | People that believe all races and ethnicities are distinct but have equal social standing |
| Segregation | Physical and social separation of categories of people |