Sociology- Chapter 9
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
