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What is Social Class?
What is Socioeconomic Status (SES)?
A comparative measure of class standing based on education and income.
What is Net Worth?
The sum of a person's assets minus liabilities.
How is Poverty defined?
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What does Wealth indicate?
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What is Classism?
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What does Internalized Classism refer to?
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What is Structural Classism?
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What is Psychological Distancing?
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What does Poverty Attribution explain?
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What is Individual Causation?
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What is Structural Causation?
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What is a Classless Society?
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Who is considered in the Upper Class?
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Who is included in the Working Class?
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Who is defined as the Underclass?
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What is Class Mobility?
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What is Food Insecurity?
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What is a Living Wage?
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What is Temporary Aid to Needy Families (TANF)?
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What does the Fair Housing Act prohibit?
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What is Cognitive Dissonance?
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What defines Economic Security?
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What is the definition of Disability?
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What is the Social Security Administration's definition of Disability?
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What is the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) definition of Disability?
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What is the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEIA) definition of Disability?
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What does the Medical Model of Disability refer to?
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What is the Social Model of Disability?
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What is the Moral Model of Disability?
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What does the Functional Model of Disability indicate?
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What are Impairments?
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What are Functional Limitations?
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What is External Intervention?
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What is Intraindividual Intervention?
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What is the Role of the Individual in the community?
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What does the Role of the Family influence?
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What is the Role of the Community regarding individuals with disabilities?
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What is Polytrauma?
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What is Ableism?
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What was the Soldier Rehabilitation Act?
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What did the Civilian Rehabilitation Act accomplish?
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What is the purpose of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965?
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What was the goal of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975?
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What did the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act amend?
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What is Disability-Affirmative Counseling?
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Who are Baby Boomers?
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What is Ageism?
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What does Adultism refer to?
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What is Age Discrimination?
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What does the U.S. Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1986 protect?
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What do the Older Americans Act Amendments of 2006 protect?
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What does a Gerontological Counselor do?
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Study Notes
Social Class and Socioeconomic Factors
- Social class: Hierarchical perception based on income, education, and occupation; entails cultural consciousness within groups.
- Socioeconomic status (SES): Measure of class standing combining education and income; reflects lifestyle and access to resources without assuming collective group consciousness.
- Net worth: Calculated by subtracting liabilities (debt) from total assets (cash, investments, real estate).
- Wealth: Indicates substantial net worth where assets significantly exceed liabilities.
- Poverty: Condition where liabilities outweigh assets, hindering the ability to meet basic needs like food and shelter.
- Class mobility: Ability for individuals to improve their SES or "get ahead" in society.
Classism and Its Variants
- Classism: Discriminatory attitudes and behaviors based on perceived SES; can manifest in biases against individuals or groups.
- Internalized classism: Unconscious biases influencing self-perception and worth in relation to status within families and communities.
- Structural classism: Institutional discrimination based on SES, visible in practices like "legacy" admissions or inadequate public transport.
Economic Challenges
- Living wage: Movement advocating for fair compensation that ensures full-time workers do not live in poverty.
- Food insecurity: Involves reduced diet quality and irregular eating patterns affecting overall health.
Government Assistance and Policies
- Temporary Aid to Needy Families (TANF): Welfare program revisions have limited access to public financial assistance for many poor families.
- Fair Housing Act: Legislation preventing housing discrimination based on various protected characteristics.
Disability Concepts
- Disability: Defined broadly as limitations caused by physical or mental impairments affecting life roles or work opportunities.
- Medical model: Views disability primarily as organic conditions needing treatment.
- Social model: Emphasizes societal barriers and biases faced by individuals with disabilities rather than focusing solely on the medical condition.
Rehabilitation and Support Frameworks
- Extraindividual intervention: External strategies like medical care and adaptive devices to assist those with disabilities.
- Intraindividual intervention: Personal strategies focused on lifestyle changes and coping mechanisms fostering independence.
Social Dynamics and Aging
- Ableism: Social attitudes favoring those perceived as healthy, marginalizing individuals with disabilities.
- Age discrimination: Denying employment opportunities based solely on age, prohibited under U.S. law.
- Gerontological counselor: Professional providing support to older adults navigating lifestyle changes associated with aging.
Aging and Society
- Successful aging: Encompasses disease avoidance, maintenance of functions, and continuous life engagement.
- Baby boomers: Individuals born between 1946 and 1964, influencing societal demographics and policies regarding aging.
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Test your knowledge on key sociological concepts related to social class and socioeconomic status. This quiz will help reinforce your understanding of the hierarchical perceptions in society and the factors that influence class standing. Perfect for sociology students or anyone interested in the dynamics of social stratification.