cultural capital and legacy

Question 1

accomplishment of natural growth

Answer 1

describes a situation wherin parents do not intervene in their children’s activities or associations but provide for their basic needs, including love, food, and physical safety..

Question 2

the capitalist class

Answer 2

includes those who own the means of production.

Question 3

concerted cultivation

Answer 3

describes a situation in which parents seek to have their children internalize a set of rules of behavior through dialogue, weighing of alternatives, and careful reasoning while at the same time providing guidance in how children spend their time, how they think and speak, and with whom they associate.

Question 4

hegemony

Answer 4

is the dominance of one social group over another, such that the ruling group acquires some degree of consen from the subordinate, as opposed to dominance purely by force.

Question 5

legacy

Answer 5

is that which parents seek to pass on to their children, including material possessions, education, values, and behavioral patterns.

Question 6

the managerial and professional class

Answer 6

includes managers, professionals, and government officials, individuals who sell their labor but maintain considerable job autonomy by having a particular skill set that, particularly in the case of managers, includes the ability to mange people.

Question 7

The petite bourgeoisie

Answer 7

includes those who own the means of production but rely primarily on their own labor rather than on the labor of others.

Question 8

proletarians or the proletariat

Answer 8

include those who sell their labor for wages, also known as the working class.

Question 9

Social class

Answer 9

has two distinct meanings. it describes people with similar relationships to the means of production. It also refers to a particular layer, or stratum, in a social stratification system.

Question 10

social mobility

Answer 10

is the process whereby people move from one position in a stratification system to another.

Question 11

Social stratification

Answer 11

is the division of people into layers, or strata, based on a series of attributes related to social status.

Question 12

socialization

Answer 12

is the process through which people learn to think, feel, evaluate, and behave as individuals in relation to others and to social systems.