QUIZ 2 Flashcards
the classification of people into socioeconomic class, based upon their occupation and income, wealth and social status.
Social stratification
can be formed upon the bases of kinship or caste, or both.
Social stratum
Social stratification is distinguished as three social classes:
upper class, the middle class, and the lower class;
are resources considered valuable by societies.
Social desirables
reflects persons’ worth and
access to social, political, and symbolic capital
Social standing
have different vies as to what constitute social class.
Sociologists
may refer to money, properties, and similar tangible resources.
Wealth
Political or social authority or control, especially that
which is exercised by a government
POWER
Widespread respect and admiration felt for someone due to his or her achievements or quality
PRESTIGE
Material prosperity, ownership of the means of production
ECONOMIC STATURE
He looked at it in terms of wealth produced in relation to the ownership of the means of production.
Karl Marx
He differentiates them into three: wealth, power, and prestige.
Individual’s social standing can be measured, all at once, based on their relative access to these three.
Max Weber
refers to changes of individuals, families, households, or other
categories of people within or between social class in a society. It is a change
in social status relative to one’s current social location within a given society.
Social mobility
This happen when a person changes their occupation but their overall social standing remains unchanged.
Horizontal mobility
It is a change in the occupational, political, or religious status of a person that causes a change in their societal position. A person or social object moves from one social class to another.
Vertical mobility
