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| A condition in which members of society have different amounts of wealth, prestige, or power. |
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| A structured ranking of entire groups of people that perpetuates unequal economic rewards and power in society. |
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| A social position assigned to a person by society without regard for the person's unique talents or characteristics. |
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| A social position that a person attains largely through their own efforts. |
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| A system of enforced servitude in which some people are owned by others as property. |
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| A hereditary rank, usually religiously dictated, that tends to be fixed and immobile. |
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| A system of stratification under which peasants were required to work land leased to them by nobles in exchange for military protection and other services. Also known as feudalism. |
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| A social ranking based primarily on economic position in which achieved characteristics can influence social mobility. |
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| Movement of individuals or groups from one position in a society's stratification system to another. |
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| A social system in which the positions of each individual is influenced by his or her achieved status. |
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| A social system in which there is little to no possibility of individual social mobility. |
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| The movement of an individual from one social position to another of different rank. |
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| The movement of an individual from one social position to another of a different rank. |
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| Intergenerational Mobility |
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| Changes in the social position of children relative to their parents. |
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| Intragenerational Mobility |
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| Changes in social position within a person's adult life. |
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| An economic system in which the means of production are held largely in private hands and the main incentive for economic activity is the accumulation of profits. |
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| Karl Marx's term for the capitalist class, comprising the owners of the means to production. |
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| Karl Mar's term for the working class in a capitalist society. |
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| In Karl Marx's view, a subjective awareness held by the members of a class regarding their common vested interests and need for collective political action to bring about social change. |
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| A set of cultural beliefs and practices that helps to maintain powerful social, economic, and political interests. |
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| A term used by Karl Marx to describe an attitude held by members of a class that does not accurately reflect their objective position. |
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| A group of people who have a similar level of economic resources. |
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| People who have the same prestige or lifestyle, independent of their class positions. |
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| The capacity to organize to accomplish some particular goal. |
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| Our tastes, knowledge, attitudes, language and ways of thinking that we exchange in interaction with others. |
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| The respect and admiration that an occupation holds in society. |
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| The reputation that a specific person has earned within an occupation. |
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| socioeconomic status (SES) |
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| A measure of class that is based on income, education, occupation, and related variables. |
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| Wages and salaries measured over some period, such as per hour or year. |
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| The total of all a person's material assets, including savings, land, stocks, and other types of property, minus his or her debt as a single point in time. |
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| A minimum level of subsistence that no family should be expected to live below. |
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| A floating standard of deprivation by which people at the bottom of society, whatever their lifestyles, are judged to be disadvantaged in comparison with the nation as a whole. |
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| The long-term poor who lack training and skills. |
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| The opportunities people have to provide themselves with material goods, positive living conditions, and favorable life experiences. |
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| The relative lack of access to the latest technologies among low income groups, racial and ethnic minorities, rural residents, and the citizens of developing countries. |
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