Chapter 10

Question 1

Social Class

Answer 1

Weber’s large number of people who rank closely to one another

Question 2

Status Inconsistency

Answer 2

situation in which individuals are ranked high on some dimensions social class and low on other dimensions

Question 3

Power

Answer 3

ability to carry out your will in spite of resistance

Question 4

power elite

Answer 4

mill’s term/ the top people in US corporations, military and politices who make nations major decision

Question 5

Prestige

Answer 5

respect or regard

Question 6

High Prestige Occupations

Answer 6

characterized by higher education, more pay, more abstract thought and greater autonomy

Question 7

Capitalist

Answer 7

having power, wealth and prestige, either from old money or new money, investors and heirs

Question 8

upper middle

Answer 8

most shaped by education, working as managers and having some authority

Question 9

Lower middle

Answer 9

having job slightly more prestigious with income slightly higher than working class

Question 10

Working Class

Answer 10

having less education, relatively unskilled and lower income, working as blue/white collar

Question 11

Working poor

Answer 11

mostly high school dropouts, unskilled, low paying, temporary or seasonal jobs, dependent upon food stamps

Question 12

Underclass

Answer 12

Less/ no education, little/ no access to job market, live in inner city, temporary jobs, low-paying, unstable, homeless, dependent upon welfare and food stamps

Question 13

Intergenerational mobility

Answer 13

upward or downward movement in social class by family members from one generation to the next

Question 14

Structural mobility

Answer 14

upward or downward social mobility of individuals caused by changes in technology or social movement

Question 15

Feminization of poverty

Answer 15

trend in US poverty whereby most poor families are headed by women

Question 16

Culture of poverty

Answer 16

based on the assumption that the values and behaviors of the poor are fundamentally different from other people in the society

Question 17

Social structure

Answer 17

framework that surrounds us, consisting of relationships of ppl and groups to one another, which gives direction to and set limits on behavior

Question 18

Deferred gratification

Answer 18

giving up something in the present for the sake of greater gains in the future

Question 19

Personal Problems

Answer 19

faced by insignificant group of people or persons. Only a small proportion of people are affected in society

Question 20

Social Problems

Answer 20

affect a large group in society such as unemployment due to terrorism, divorce rate, lay off worker due to changes in technology

Question 21

Wealth

Answer 21

property and income

Question 22

Status Symbols

Answer 22

a possession that is taken to indicate a person’s wealth or high social or professional status.

Question 23

Have and Have-nots

Answer 23

the different types of objects that the rich many have while the poor does not have

Question 24

Endogamy

Answer 24

marriage within a social class

Question 25

Consequences of social class

Answer 25

based upon the 5 things that distinguish between the poor and rich

Question 26

Technology

Answer 26

the more money, the newer the technology, and the easier it is to get but if poor, are at a disadvantage due to being behind

Question 27

family life

Answer 27

more divorce in lower, due to stress about money, lower class makes children obey while middle class wants plays and extracurricular, more creative. Rich send and make more privileges, such as going to prep schools

Question 28

politics

Answer 28

Rich is republicans, poor is democratic

Question 29

religion

Answer 29

classes of the same tend to cluster in different directions

Question 30

health care

Answer 30

more money = better health care

Question 31

mental illness

Answer 31

lower class is more likely to have mental illness,

Question 32

Individual characteristics

Answer 32

Dropping out of school, tech, mothers, things that make us poor