SOCL 2001 : Sociology Final Exam Notes
Document Summary
Chapter 7: class and stratification in the u. s. What is social stratification: hierarchy of social groups based on differential control over resources, sociologists examine social groups that make up the hierarchy in society, to determine how inequalities persist over time. Life chances: access to resources such as food, shelter, clothing, education, and health care, affluent people have better life chances because they have greater access to, quality of education, safe neighborhood, nutrition and health care, police protection. Social mobility- the movement of individuals or groups from one level in a stratification system to another. Intergeneration mobility- the social movement experienced by family members from one generation to the next. Intragenerational mobility- the social movement of individuals within their own lifetime. Characteristics of slavery in the u. s: it was for life and was inherited, slaves were considered property, not human beings, slaves were denied rights.
