Chapter 9 test review
according to this cartoon
the american dream is alive but difficult
according to marx's conflict theory, the bourgeoisie are
the owners of the means of production
Robert is a lawyer. He drives a Lexus and lives in a 5 bedroom house with his wife Susan and their only child, David. He makes $180,000/year. His family wears North Face clothing and loves to golf and play tennis. They have traveled internationally several times. In which social class do they best fit?
upper class
It was time for Oli to marry. He had finished school and was starting a job. His parents chose a bride for him whose parents had the same amount of wealth and belonged to the same class as they did. Oli and his bride will have a(n) _________ marriage.
Endogamus
Cate is the daughter of a Senator and the former CEO of a Fortune 500 company. Harry grew up on a farm, tilling the land for a living. They are planning a June wedding. They will have a(n)___________ marriage.
Exogamous
Charlotte was born to a lower class family in rural Pennsylvania. After taking a job in the mail room of a large corporate office, Charlotte is slowly promoted through the ranks and becomes CEO of the company by the age of 50. Compared to her parents, Charlotte's story demonstrates what type of social stratification?
INTRAgenerational Mobility
prestige is
Recognition, respect, and admiration attached to a social position. defined by the culture and society. People with similar levels of ______ (recognition respect and admiration) share identifiable lifestyles.
what is social stratification
a socioeconomic system that divides society's members into categories ranking from high to low, based on things like wealth, power, and prestige.
Hope is desperate for the new designer purse that she saw while window shopping at her local mall. She knew every girl in school would covet her bag and wish to be like her. When she walked in, she whipped out her credit card, and purchased the $5,000 bag. This kind of purchasing is called: a. Conspicuous consumption b. Popular consumerism c. Designer consumerism d. Credit card consumerism
Conspicuous consumption
What is particularly unique about the United States middle class?
It is broken into two subcategories: upper and lower middle class.
Whose work do conflict theorists rely on to help form their arguments surrounding social stratification?
Karl Marx
Symbolic interactionalist have come to the conclusion that
Most people only socialize with people on their same class
What is the most significant threat to the relatively high standard of living people are accustomed to in the United States?
The decline of the middle class
GNI PPP, or gross national income divided by purchasing power parity, helps measure: a. The standard of living in a country. b. The average level of education per person in a country. c. The amount of inflation affecting a country's currency. d. The average global interest rates for loans.
The standard living in a country
A person's position in a country's social stratification is determined by:
Wealth, power, income, race, education
Which of the following is least likely to live in poverty in the United States today?
a 30-year-old white man
the jobs that people in working class have are often called
blue collar
Mohit spent his days combing through garbage in Mumbai, India with his brothers and sisters. Sometimes he would find food, or something to sell for money. He never tried to overcome his lower-class status because he had seen his friends try and fail. So, he accepted his fate, and tried to live life as best he could in a closed society. Mohit is an example of someone living under:
caste system
having a strong knowledge about social class and awarness of one's own status is called
class consciousness
a new college graduate
high wealth, high income
a farmer owns lots of land, machinery, and livestock. Unfortunately, there is a bad drought this year and the farmer makes very little money
high wealth, low income
what seems to be the key ...
how much education you have
select the two answers which demonstrate a large pattern of inequality
in the UK the top 10% get 31% of all the income in the UK
Which historical event was greatly responsible for global stratification as we see it today?
industrial revolution
Elisa graduated from college with a double major and was inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa society. She was then offered a job in New York where she worked 12 hours a day and produced excellent results. Within two years she had over 100 employees working under her. Elisa's hard work was rewarded with a raise and a bonus. This form of promotion is based on the principles of:
meritocracy
dean is an electrician and makes 60000 a year
middle class
garret
prestige
when you add up all the economic resources a person has, such as her savings
prestige
one main issue in studying global social inequality is
social inequality is relative..
conflict theorist believe that inequality exists because
some people will always try to oppress others
The davis- moore theory states that
that people constantly move up and down the social ladder.
with the 2011 occupy wall street movement, the people of the united states keep hearing about the top 1%
1/4
Which factor is considered when evaluating someone's standard of living?I ncome Employment Class All of the above
All of the above
mario is an undocumented immigrant
absolute poverty
2008 the United States, as well as the rest of the world, felt the effects of the recession. After the collapse of the housing market, people lost their jobs and they quit spending money. Many people could not afford their mortgages anymore and their homes went into foreclosure. For many people, it was a time of __________. a. Social stratification b. Social inconsistency c. Horizontal mobility d. Downward mobility
downward mobility
Since the social classes in the United States do not have any clear boundaries, how is a sociologist supposed to determine whether their subjects are in the upper class or the upper-middle class? a. Upper class is often defined as having control over one's life and the lives of people around you, while the upper-middle class is often defined as having control only over one's own life. b. The upper class is split into "old money" and "new money" people, while the upper-middle class simply struggles to maintain its wealth. c. All upper class people enjoy opera and have been bred for their stations while the upper-middle class consists mostly of newly wealthy people who may not have had the same kind of upbringing. d. In the upper class, everyone knows everyone, but in the upper-middle class, the people do not comingle.
upper class is defined as having control over ones life and the lives of people around you..
Randy and his wife Stephanie each work full-time in a factory assembling windows for $13 an hour. They rent a 2 bedroom apartment and have one child. They can pay most of their bills, but occasionally run into money problems. In which social class do they best fit?
working class
