Sociology Test #2 Chapters 6-9

Crime

Deviance

Hate Crime

labeling theory

medicalization of deviance

negative sanction

an expression of disapproval for breaking a norm

social order

stigma

strain theory

street crime

white collar crime

bourgeoisie

caste system

class consciousness

class system

a form of social stratification based primarily on the possession of money or material possessions

culture of poverty

endogamy

false class consciousness

ideology

meritocracy

proletariat

slavery

a form of social stratification in which some people own other people

social class

social mobility

social stratification

feminization of poverty

Horatio Alger Myth

income

intergenerational mobility

the change that family members make in social class from one generation to the next

poverty line

power

the ability to carry out your will, even over the resistance of others

power elite

prestige

respect or regard

property

status

status consistency

ranking high or low on all three dimensions of social class

status inconsistency

structural mobility

underclass

upward social mobility

movement up the social class ladder

wealth

downward social mobility

movement down the social class ladder

assimilation

compartmentalize

to separate acts from feelings or attitudes

discrimination

dominant group

ethnicity

genocide

individual discrimination

institutional discrimination

internal colonialism

minority group

multiculturalism

Pluralism

multiculturalism

population transfer

prejudice

an attitude or prejudging, usually in a negative way

race

a group whose inherited physical characteristics distinguish it from other groups

racism

scapegoat

segregation

selective perception

WASP