Quiz 3

In Larkin's Stratification diagram, organizing principles of stratification in the U.S. are listed. The organizing principles are:

Gender, race, and class

Which theorist(s) explained how economic patterns and technology intersect to produce stratification systems?

Lenski and Lenski

Max Weber emphasized the significance of wealth, power, and prestige as criteria for slotting individuals into the "grid" of stratification.

True

According to Gilbert and Kahl, which social class has an annual income of $250,000 or more?

Upper-middle class

Social Stratification is a social system of inequality that takes into account the differences among individual members of the society and ranks individuals, thus creating __________.

a social hierarchy

Which of the following characteristics of a social stratification is not true: a.Social stratification is found only in industrialized society. b.Social stratification is socially constructed c. Social stratification is embedded in the society. d. Social stratification is embedded in the social structure of the society

a. social stratification is found only in industrialized society

Race, ethnicity, age, and sex are a person's ________ status

ascribed

Slavery as a social stratification system allows for social mobility.

false

Which theoretical perspective indicates that inequality is a natural consequence of the organizing process of stratification and that the inequality encourages people to be industrious?

Conflict theory

The "other" is a group status of privilege that individuals and groups in power place upon a different group and its members who pose a threat to the minority group or for those who fit into society.

False. Other- A group status of nonprivilege that individuals and groups in power place upon a different group and its members. Sociologists use this category to study how societies and groups exclude "others" whom they want to subordinate, who pose a threat to the majority, or who do not fit into society.