Summa 3

Question 1

Categorizing individuals or group of people based on factors such as power, wealth and prestige.

Answer 1

social classes

Question 2

Hierarchical arrangement and establishment of social categories that may evolve into social groups together with statuses and their corresponding roles in the society.

Answer 2

Social Stratification

Question 3

s describe by the sociologist as elite individuals or group of people that are most prolific and successful in their respective areas.

Answer 3

upper class

Question 4

These people may be stockholders and investors in very huge well-known companies from different industries here and abroad

Answer 4

upper class

Question 5

These people may be ____ and _____ in very huge well-known companies from different industries here and abroad

Answer 5

stockholders; investors

Question 6

are mostly professional individuals or groups of people like lawyers, doctors, managers, owners of small businesses in the locality, and executives who work in the corporate world, etc.

Answer 6

middle class

Question 7

They are able to meet both their needs and wants without even worrying about their finances because of the job and salary they have. They live in spacious houses and situated in best suburbs. Their income can afford them a comfortable lifestyle.

Answer 7

middle class

Question 8

They value education the most since education to them is the most important measure of social status.

Answer 8

middle class

Question 9

These are the skilled and unskilled artisan, farm employees, underemployed, and indigent families

Answer 9

lower class

Question 10

Because of the given status in life, these people lack revenue or income and educational training or background. Without the proper education, some of them are jobless or have difficulty to find a job in order to make ends meet. They also lack support network that could lift them up.

Answer 10

lower class

Question 11

three social classes

Answer 11

upper class, middle class, lower class

Question 12

characteristics of stratification system

Answer 12

universal but variable, not a matter of individual differences, persists across generation, a social beliefs

Question 13

Stratification is ________ because it shows up in every society in the world, but how exactly it looks like, how it divides and categorizes people, and what the advantages or disadvantages are that come with that division - vary from society to society.

Answer 13

universal but variable

Question 14

People are obviously different from each other, so we might assume that stratification is just a kind of natural outcome of differences, but in reality, it is not. We know we can see the effects of social stratification on people regardless of their personal choices or traits.

Answer 14

not a matter of individual differences

Question 15

Stratification serves to categorize and rank members of society across generations, resulting in different life chances. Yet generally, society allows some degree of social mobility, or changes in the position within the social hierarchy. People sometimes move upward or downward in social class, which is the basic concept of social mobility.

Answer 15

persists across generation

Question 16

A society’s cultural beliefs tell us how to categorize people, and they define inequalities of a stratification system as being normal, or even fair. If people don’t believe that the system is right, it won’t last. Beliefs are what make systems of social stratification work and it is through these beliefs about social stratification that inform what it means to deserve wealth, success, or power.

Answer 16

a social beliefs