Chapter 7

Question 1

Ascribed statuses

Answer 1

social positions assigned on the basis of attributes people possess at no fault of their own

Question 2

Social stratification

Answer 2

systematic process of categorizing and ranking people on a scale of social worth

Question 3

Achieved statuses

Answer 3

attained thru combination of choice, effort, and ability

Question 4

Social prestige

Answer 4

level of respect/admiration for a status apart from any person who happens to occupy it

Question 5

Status symbols

Answer 5

visible markers of economic position and social rank

Question 6

Communist Manifesto writer

Answer 6

Karl Marx

Question 7

Social inequality

Answer 7

unequal distribution of income, wealth, and other valued resources

Question 8

Intersectionality

Answer 8

interconnections among the variatious catergories people occupy

Question 9

Urban underclass

Answer 9

diverse groups of families/individuals living in the inner city who are outside of the mainstream of American occupational system

Question 10

4 reasons for need of poverty

Answer 10

1. people who do unskilled, dangerous, dead-end work of society earn menial wages
2. US economy depends on cheap labor from around the world
3. Affluent people pay low wages for many time consuming jobs
4. Poor often volunteer for over-the-counter drug tests

Question 11

Relative poverty

Answer 11

situation in which a person is disadvantaged in relation to a person in a more advantaged position

Question 12

Brain drain

Answer 12

emigration from a country of the most educated and most talented people