Social Stratification

Question 1

Social Stratification

Answer 1

a societal system to categorize its people in rankings based on their socio economic status, and factors like wealth, race, income, education and power. It refers to the layers made of people due to these factors

Question 2

Global Stratification

Answer 2

compares the wealth, economic stability, status and power of all the countries around the world, it highlights worldwide patterns and social inequality

Question 3

Feminization of Poverty

Answer 3

acknowledges the disproportionality that women face regarding lower income and problems this causes.

Question 4

Caste System

Answer 4

Where scarce resources and social rewards are distributed on the basis of ascribed statuses.

Question 5

Exogamy

Answer 5

Marriage outside one’s own social category

Question 6

Endogamy

Answer 6

Marriage within one’s own social category

Question 7

Bourgeoisie

Answer 7

a class of people who fall somewhere between the lowest and highest classes, middle class

Question 8

Socioeconomic Status (SES)

Answer 8

Combines social factors such as educational level, occupational prestige, and place of residence with the economic factor of income, used to determine an individual’s relative position in the stratification system

Question 9

Reputational Method

Answer 9

Individuals in the community are asked to rank other community members based on what they know of their characters and lifestyles

Question 10

Objective Method

Answer 10

Sociologists define social class by income, occupation and education

Question 11

Subjective Method

Answer 11

Individuals are asked to determine their own social rank.