CH7

Question 1

_____ ______ is how individuals and groups are layered or ranked in society according to how many valued resources they posses.

Answer 1

Social Stratificaion

Question 2

______ ______ is knowledge and access to important information in the society such as values that children learn at home and bring to school.

Answer 2

Cultural Capita

Question 3

________ _______ are networks with others who have influence.

Answer 3

Social Capita

Question 4

The _____ _______ perspective states that each social group has norms that members learn that transmit and perpetuate our social class.

Answer 4

Symbolic Interaction

Question 5

The ______ _____ perspective states that people engage in delayed gratification if they think the “pain” they undergo now, is worth the payoff later.

Answer 5

Rational Choice

Question 6

The ______ ______ perspective states that stratification is necessary to a society because it motivates and structures groups.

Answer 6

Structural-Functionalist

Question 7

The 3 Reasons Stratification Exists in Structural-Functionalist Perspective:
_____ of ______
_________
______ ______

Answer 7

Value of Position
Preparation
Unequal Rewards

Question 8

The _______ perspective states that stratification is the outcome of struggles for dominance and scarce resources, with one group taking advantage of others.

Answer 8

Conflict

Question 9

3 ‘P’s of Conflict Perspective Stratification
______
______
________

Answer 9

Power
Prestige
Property

Question 10

The _______ theory takes from both conflict and structural-functionalist and states:
People must cooperate to survive but conflicts of interest occur; valued items and status are always in demand and always in short supply; there is likely to be a struggle over those goods; customs or traditions in a society prevail over rational criteria in determining distribution of resources.

Answer 10

Evolutionary

Question 11

____ ____ refer to one’s opportunities based on both achieved and ascribed status in society.

Answer 11

Life Chances

Question 12

_____, ______, _______ ______, and _____ _____ are all parts of individual life chances

Answer 12

Education, Health, Social Conditions, Life Expectancy

Question 13

A ______ includes attitudes, values, beliefs, behavior patterns, and other aspects of your place in the world that have been shaped by socialization.

Answer 13

Lifestyle

Question 14

_______ _______ is when a highly prestigious status receives a low income.

Answer 14

Status Inconsistency

Question 15

______ _____ refers to the extent of individual movement up or down in the class system, changing one’s social position.

Answer 15

Social Mobility

Question 16

__________ ____ refers to change in class status compared to one’s parents.

Answer 16

Intergenerational Mobility

Question 17

_______ _____ is moving from a position at the same class level

Answer 17

Horizontal Mobility

Question 18

________ _____ is change within a position in a single individuals life.

Answer 18

Intragenerational Mobility

Question 19

_____ _____ is movement up or down in the hierarchy and sometimes involves changing social classes.

Answer 19

Vertical Mobility

Question 20

A _______ is where positions are allocated in a social group or organization according to individual’s abilities and credentials.

Answer 20

Meritocracy

Question 21

What Affects Mobility
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
\_\_\_\_\_\_ and \_\_\_\_\_
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_

Answer 21

Family
Economy
Population
Gender and Ethnicity
Global Economy

Question 22

_______ __________ _____ are systems where characteristics beyond the control of the individual determine one’s position in society.

Answer 22

Ascribed Stratification Systems

Question 23

_________ ____________ ______ are systems in which individuals can earn positions through their abilities and efforts

Answer 23

Achieved Stratification Systems

Question 24

_____ ______ are the most rigid ascribed stratification systems in which individuals are born into a status and retain it throughout life. It is deeply embedded in religious, political, and economic norms.

Answer 24

Caste Systems

Question 25

_____ ___ are characterized by the concentration of economic and political power in the hands of a small minority of political-military elite with the peasants tied to the land.

Answer 25

Estate Systems

Question 26

_____ _____ allow individuals the possibility to earn positions through their ability, efforts, and choices.

Answer 26

Class Systems

Question 27

A _____ ____ ____ is a model in which power is held by top leaders in corporations, politics, and the military. These elites make major decisions guiding nations.

Answer 27

Power Elite Model

Question 28

______ _____ of _____ is model where power is not held exclusively by an elite group but is shared among many power centers, each of which has its own self-interest to protect.

Answer 28

Pluralist Model of Power

Question 29

______ ____ is poverty where one has no resources to meet basic needs, nor prestige, nor access to power

Answer 29

Absolute Poverty

Question 30

_______ ____ occurs when one’s income falls below the poverty line, resulting in an inadequate standard of living in that country.

Answer 30

Relative Poverty

Question 31

The ____ _____ is the gap between those with knowledge and access to information technology and those without.

Answer 31

Digital DIvide