Exam One

Question 0

Stratification

Answer 0

Unequal access to resources

Question 1

Inequality

Answer 1

Unequal and uneven

Question 2

What is theory?

Answer 2

Statements of how and why (how did the system develop, how is society ordered, how to decide who gets what)

Question 3

Marxian tradition

Answer 3

Work relationship
Capitalism
Capitalistic
Rule wealth
Wealth gap

Question 4

Capitalism

Answer 4

Inequality and stratification based on means of production

Question 5

Capitalistic wealth

Answer 5

Power

Question 6

Rule wealth

Answer 6

Ruling class (political power)

Question 7

Weberian tradition

Answer 7

Labor market
Money market
Commodity market

Question 8

Labor market

Answer 8

Employer employee

Question 9

Money market

Answer 9

Creditor debtor

Question 10

Commodity market

Answer 10

Buyer seller

Question 11

Structural functionalism

Answer 11

Social order is possible through shared belief, hierarchy of prestige, different value of jobs

Question 12

Privilege

Answer 12

Having something that others do not have and that something is presumed to be good

Question 13

Race

Answer 13

A group of people with similar physical characteristics considered to be a distinct group

Question 14

Ethnicity

Answer 14

A group of people with similar social or cultural characteristics considered by themselves and others to be a group

Question 15

Majority

Answer 15

Any group that is dominant in society

Question 16

Minority group

Answer 16

The groups that are assigned inferior status on society

The subordinate

Question 17

What is gender?

Answer 17

Biological
Social role
Created by society
Recreated over time
Social constructed
"Normal actions"
Rigid?

Question 18

Gender is biological

Answer 18

Biological basis to gender role development

Question 19

Gender is rigid

Answer 19

Stable at parts in time yet we have fluent moments over time