Chap 9 Social Stratification

Which person best illustrates opportunities for upward social mobility in the United States? a)First-shift factory worker b)First-generation college student c)Firstborn son who inherits the family business d)First-time interviewee who is hired for a job

b) first-generation college student

the behaviors. customs, and norms associated with a class are known as:

class traits

Unlike Davis and Moore Melvin Tumin believed that, because of social stratification, some qualified people were _____________ higher-lvl job positions.

denied the opportunity to obtain

Conflict theorists view capitalist as those who:

get rich while workers stay poor.

class

group who shares a common social status bases on factors like wealth,income,education, and occupation

Occupation prestige means that jobs are:

not equally valued.

Which graphic concept best illustrates the concept of social stratification?

pyramid

Social stratification is a system that:

ranks society members into categories

The basic premise of the Davis-Moore thesis is that the unequal distribution of rewards in social stratification:

serves a purpose in society

class system

social standing based on social factors and individual accomplishments

social mobility

the ability to change positions within a social stratification system

conspicuous consumption

the act of buying and using products to make a statement about social standing

status consistency

the consistency, or lack thereof, of an individual's rank across social categories like income, education, and occupation

standard of living

the level of wealth available to acquire material goods and comforts to maintain a particular socioeconomic lifestyle

income

the money a person earns from work or investments

class traits

the typical behaviors,customs, and norms that define each class..."class markers:

wealth

the value of money and assets a person has from, for example inheritance.

endogamous marriages

unions of people within the same social category

Which statement represents stratification from the perspectives of symbolic interactionism?

After work, Pat, a janitor, feels more comfortable eating in a truck stop than a French restaurant.

Which of the following scenarios is an example of inter generational mobility A) A janitor belongs to the same social class as his grandmother did. B) An executive belongs to a different class than her parents. C) An editor shares the same social class as his cousin. D) A lawyer belongs to a different class than her sister.

B) An executive belongs to a different class than her parents.

Which statement illustrates low status consistency? A)A suburban family lives in a modest ranch home and enjoys a nice vacation each summer. B)A single mother receives food stamps and struggles to find adequate employment. C)A college dropout launches an online company that earns millions in its first year. D)A celebrity actress owns homes in three countries.

C) A college dropout launches an online company that earns millions in its first year.

Based on meritocracy, a physician's assistant would: A) receive the same pay as all the other physician's assistants B) be encouraged to earn a higher degree to seek a better position C) most likely marry a professional at the same level D) earn a pay raise for doing excellent work

D) earn a pay raise for doing excellent work

Which of these systems allows for the most social mobility? a.Caste b.Monarchy c.Endogamy d.Class

D. class

When Karl Marx said workers experience alienation, he meant that workers:

Do not feel connected to their work.

The GNI PPP figure represents:

The average annual income of a country's citizen

global stratification

a comparison of the wealth, economic stability, status, and power of countries as a whole.

inter generational mobility

a diff in social class between different generations of a family

intragenerational mobility

a difference in social class btwn diff members of the same generation

Structural mobility occurs when:

a large group moves up or down the class ladder due to societal changes

primogeniture

a law stating that all property passes to the firstborn son

downward mobility

a lowering of one's social class

structural mobility

a societal change that enables a whole group of people to move up or down the class ladder

social stratification

a socioeconomic system that divide's society's members into categories ranking from high to low, based on things like wealth,power, and prestige.

a caste system

a sys in which people are born into a social standing that they will retain their entire lives

Davis-Moore thesis

a thesis that argues some social stratification is a social necessity

meritocracy

an ideal system in which personal effort-or merit-determines social standing

upward mobility

an increase-or upward shift-in social class