Ch. 9 Social Stratification

What seems to be the key( although not the rule) to upward social mobility?

How much education you have.

Factors considered when evaluating someone's standard of living.

Income, employment and class.

What is particularly unique about the U.S. middle class?

It is broken into two subcategories: upper and lower middle class.

A person who work hard to get his or her own things. Rewarded by the things she or he does.

Meritocracy

Which of the following statements is true about poverty based on the information presented in class?

More children born in 1940 experienced upward social mobility than children born in 1984.

Symbolic interactionist have come to the conclusion that

Most people only socialize with people in their same social class.

The Davis-Moor thesis states:

That the more society values a particular profession, the more the people in that profession will make.

Social Stratification is

socially constructed, based on cultural values and found in every society.

A person who was born in lower, middle or higher class, and stay in that class bc don't know how to move to the next class.

Caste system

In 2008 US suffered a recession. Many people lost their jobs and couldn't afford mortgages anymore, it was a time of

Downward mobility