Sociology- Chapter 9

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what factor makes castes systems closed?

People cannot change their social standings

which statement illustrates low status consistency?

a college dropout launches an online company that earns million in its first year

global stratification

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

intergenerational mobility

a difference in social class between different generations of a family

intragenerational mobility

a difference in social class between different members of the same generation

class

a group who shares a common social status based on factors like wealth, income, education, and occupations

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

class system

a social standing based on social factors an individual accomplishments

class traits

also called class markers, the typical behaviors, customs, and norms that define each class

Which of the following scenarios is an example of intergenerational mobility?

an executive belongs to a different class than her parents

meritocracy

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

conspicuous consumption

buying and using products to make a statement about social standing

which of these systems allows for the most social mobility?

class

The behaviors, customs, and norms associated with a class are know as:

class traits

Unlike Davis and Moore, Melvin Tumin believed that, because of social stratification, some qualified people were ____ higher-level jobs positions.

denied the opportunity to obtain

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

do no feel connect to their work

Bases on meritocracy, a physician's assistant would:

ear a pay raise for coin excellent work

which person best illustrates opportunities for upward social mobility in the United States?

first-generation college student

Which graphic concept best illustrates the concept of social stratification?

flag poles

Conflict theorists view capitalists as those who:

ge rich while workers stay poor

In the United States, most people define themselves as:

middle class

Occupational prestige means that jobs are:

not equally valued

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

social mobility

the ability to change positions within a social stratification system

The GNI PPP figure represents:

the average annual income of a country's citizens

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 good and comforts to maintain a particular socioeconomic lifestyle

income

the money a person earns from work of investments

wealth

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

Davis-Moore thesis

thesis that argues some social stratification is a social necessity

what factor makes class systems open?

they allow for movement between the classes

endogamous marriages

unions of people within the same social category

exogamous marriages

unions of spouses form different social categories

structural mobility

when societal changes enable a whole group of people to move up or down the class ladder

Which statement represents stratification form the perspective of symbolic interactionism?

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

social stratification

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

caste system

a system in which people are born inter a social standing that they will retain their entire lives


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