Sociology - Social Stratification (AQA GCSE
8192) questions and answers
Absolute poverty - People experience this when their income is insufficient to
obtain the minimum needed to survive
Achieved status - Social positions that are earned on the basis of personal talents
or individual merits.
Affluence - having a lot of money and material possessions.
Ageism - discrimination based on age.
Aristocracy - a class of privileged people who have hereditary titles such as Duke
or Lady, usually wealthy landowners.
Ascribed status - social positions that are fixed at birth and unchanging over time,
e.g. the Queen.
Assimilation - the process by which immigrants abandon their own culture and
adapt their behaviour to fit the norms and values of the dominant culture.
, Sociology - Social Stratification (AQA GCSE
8192) questions and answers
Bourgeoisie - the ruling class who own the means of production.
Bureaucracy - an organisation (such as a government department) that operates
as a hierarchy with a clear set of rules.
Bureaucratic authority - authority based on a set of rules that operate within a
bureaucracy.
Capitalism - economic system that generates extreme wealth for the bourgeioisie.
Charismatic authority - obedience based on a person's charisma or exceptional
personal qualities.
Class alignment/dealignment - strong links between class and voting behaviour
with working-class people voting Labour and middle-class people voting
Conservative (and the weakening of the those links).
Communism - a system involving communal ownership rather than individual
ownership rather than individual ownership of private property.
8192) questions and answers
Absolute poverty - People experience this when their income is insufficient to
obtain the minimum needed to survive
Achieved status - Social positions that are earned on the basis of personal talents
or individual merits.
Affluence - having a lot of money and material possessions.
Ageism - discrimination based on age.
Aristocracy - a class of privileged people who have hereditary titles such as Duke
or Lady, usually wealthy landowners.
Ascribed status - social positions that are fixed at birth and unchanging over time,
e.g. the Queen.
Assimilation - the process by which immigrants abandon their own culture and
adapt their behaviour to fit the norms and values of the dominant culture.
, Sociology - Social Stratification (AQA GCSE
8192) questions and answers
Bourgeoisie - the ruling class who own the means of production.
Bureaucracy - an organisation (such as a government department) that operates
as a hierarchy with a clear set of rules.
Bureaucratic authority - authority based on a set of rules that operate within a
bureaucracy.
Capitalism - economic system that generates extreme wealth for the bourgeioisie.
Charismatic authority - obedience based on a person's charisma or exceptional
personal qualities.
Class alignment/dealignment - strong links between class and voting behaviour
with working-class people voting Labour and middle-class people voting
Conservative (and the weakening of the those links).
Communism - a system involving communal ownership rather than individual
ownership rather than individual ownership of private property.
