Practice Quiz: Work and Education.
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A class of individuals in mature industrial societies situated at the bottom of the class system who have been systematically excluded from participation in economic life.
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A society based on the production of services and information rather than material goods. A notion advocated by those who believe that the industrial order is passing.
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The application of systematic methods of observation and careful logical analysis; the term also refers to the body of knowledge produced by the use of the scientific method.
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The existence of structured inequalities in life chances between groups in society.
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Human constructions such as buildings, roads, factories, and private homes.
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Movement between different social positions within a stratification system.
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The continual expanding application of sophisticated technology designed to efficiently draw energy and raw materials out of the environment and fashion them for human use.
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A term used to brand those who are against "all" modern technology. The term originally referred to British workmen (about 1811) who rioted and destroyed textile machinery in the belief that these machines were contributing to unemployment.
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The genetic manipulation of organisms in an effort to produce desirable characteristics.
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A dysfunction in the sociocultural system caused by change occurring in one part of the system and the failure of another part of that system to adjust to the change. An example would be married women engaged in outside employment and the continuance of the domestic division of labor.
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