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| the money that in individual or family group receives each year (from wages, salary, investments and so on) |
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| the total value of the assets owned by an individual or family group |
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| the notion that people who have wealth, fame, or other scarce social goods find it easier to accumulate more of these compared to those with no wealth, fame, or other scarce social goods |
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| Oscar Lewis ("culture of poverty") |
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| anthropologist advocate of the cultural perspective on the reproduction of the class system, coining the term "culture of poverty" which is a phenomenon that turns poverty into a vicious cycle |
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| unjustly stating or believing that the cause of a problem resides in the individuals or groups who experience the problem, when the real source or cause of the problem is the social environment |
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| process by which school children receive different education content based on their perceived aptitude |
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| effect of teachers' expectations on students' performance |
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| mobility that results from such social facts as changes in the occupational structure, immigration, and birth rates |
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