Social Class in the US

Question 1

Social class

Answer 1

People with a similar status in society

Question 2

Property

Answer 2

A relationship between two or more individuals and an object, in which at least one of these individuals holds a bundle of rights over the object

Question 3

Wealth

Answer 3

The stock of assets held by a person or household at a single point in time

Question 4

Income

Answer 4

Money received by a person or households over some period of time

Question 5

Power

Answer 5

The capacity to influences lead, dominate, or otherwise have an impact on the life and actions of others in society

Question 6

Power elite

Answer 6

The people in society who make all the decisions that matter

Question 7

Democratic facade

Answer 7

country where elections are rigged or unfairly influenced by fear to favor a person or party

Question 8

Status consistency

Answer 8

A situation in which an individual’s status in similar across several categories such as education, income and occupation

Question 9

Status inconsistency

Answer 9

A situation where an individual’s social positions have both positive and negative influences on their social statuses

Question 10

Status

Answer 10

A rank or position that someone holds

Question 11

Anomie

Answer 11

A state of normlessness, disorder, or confusion in a society when the standard norms and values are weak and unclear

Question 12

Contradictory class locations

Answer 12

Professions or individuals occupying multiple class positions between capital and labor, based on access to authority and/or particular skills or expertise

Question 13

Underclass

Answer 13

A social class made up of people who are very poor and have very little power or chance to improve their lives

Question 14

Intergenerational mobility

Answer 14

Any change in the status of family members between generations

Question 15

Upward social mobility

Answer 15

an increase- or upward shift- when they move from a lower to a higher socioeconomical class

Question 16

downward social mobility

Answer 16

A lowering of one’s social class

Question 17

Structural mobility

Answer 17

When societal changes enable a whole group of people to move up or down the social class ladder

Question 18

Exchange mobility

Answer 18

The occurrence of people moving into higher or lower economic statuses

Question 19

Poverty line

Answer 19

The minimum level of income determined per locality to remain above a state of poverty

Question 20

Feminization of poverty

Answer 20

Women have a higher incidence of poverty than men, that their is more severe than that of men and that poverty among women is on the increase

Question 21

Culture of poverty

Answer 21

The theory that people in poverty develop certain habits that cause their families to remain in poverty over generation

Question 22

Horatio alger myth

Answer 22

The idea that anyone can rise above their circumstances to achieve success through hard work and sound ethics

Question 23

Three tiered society

Answer 23

upper, working, and middle