| A | B |
|---|
| social stratification | ranking of people according to unequal access to scarce resources |
| social class | members of society who hold a similar amount of resources |
| bourgeoisie | class that owns the means of production |
| proletariat | class that labors without owning the means o fproduction |
| income | amount of money received by an individual over a set time |
| wealth | total economic resources help by a person |
| power | ability to control the behavior of others |
| prestige | recognition, respect, and admiration attached to social positions |
| false consciousness | adoption of the ideas of the dominant class by the less powerful class |
| class consciousness | identification with the goals and intersts of a social class |
| working poor | people employed in low-skill jobs with the lowest pay |
| underclass | unemployed, usually from families who have been poor for generations |
| absolute poverty | absence of enough money to secure life's necessities |
| relative poverty | being at the bottom of society in terms of money |
| feminization of poverty | a trend in U.S. society in which women and children make up an increasing proportion of the poor |
| social mobility | moving between social classes |
| horizontal mobility | a change in occupation within the same social class |
| vertical mobility | a change upward or downward in social class |
| intergenerational mobility | a change in status or class from one generation to the next |
| caste system | stratification that does not allow for social mobility |
| open-class system | social class is based on merit; movement is allowed between classes |
