social inequalities: social class (paper 2)

Question 1

stratification involves inequality, what is this distributed into?

Answer 1

w- wealth: possessions and your connections around you
i- income: how much money you earn
s- status: how people view you in society
p- power

Question 2

life chances

Answer 2

people’s chance of achieving positive or negative outcomes. some people have restricted life chances because their ranking in society

Question 3

examples of life chances (4)

Answer 3

divorce,housing,education,health

Question 4

social class

Answer 4

• a form of stratification important in british society
• people sharing a similar economic position based on income
• wisp
• sociologists state that social classes also share similar norms, values, lifestyles, attitudes, belief systems and culture and tastes

Question 5

economic dimension

Answer 5

can be measured by wealth, income and occupation

Question 6

political dimension

Answer 6

measured by status and power

Question 7

cultural dimension

Answer 7

can be measured by lifestyles, values, beliefs, norms and level of education

Question 8

blue-collar work

Answer 8

working class jobs eg. electrician, plumber

Question 9

occupation

Answer 9

job or profession

Question 10

non-manual work

Answer 10

using your brain eg. office

Question 11

manual work

Answer 11

up on your feet eg. builder,bricklayer

Question 12

white-collar work

Answer 12

middle class jobs eg. manager

Question 13

white-collar work

Answer 13

middle class jobs eg. manager

Question 14

poverty

Answer 14

the state of one who lacks an usual or socially acceptable amount of money or material possessions

Question 15

necessities

Answer 15

things necessary to survive eg. food and water

Question 16

income

Answer 16

how much money you earn

Question 17

wealth

Answer 17

possessions you own

Question 18

status

Answer 18

how high or low you are in society based on your wisp

Question 19

status

Answer 19

how high or low you are in society based on your wisp

Question 20

authority

Answer 20

the power or right to make decisions and orders

Question 21

state benefits

Answer 21

provided for people in the uk for little to no income

Question 22

skilled work

Answer 22

any worker who has training/a certificate in a certain job role

Question 23

semi-skilled work

Answer 23

basic knowledge and training of a certain job role

Question 24

un-skilled work

Answer 24

a job that doesn’t need any skills or work experience beforehand