In Class Unit 3.3

Question 1

2 ways of evaluating persons who occupy statuses

Answer 1

• esteem

- prestige

Question 2

Esteem

Answer 2

assessment of an individuals role performance in a social position. its within statuses assessment

Question 3

Prestige

Answer 3

level of social honour associated wirth an particular status, independent of who occupies is. between status assessment

Question 4

Layers of social stratification =

Answer 4

inequalities

Question 5

Contributors to stratification groupongs

Answer 5

• education
• occupation
• income

Question 6

Income inequality are identified through a..

Answer 6

summary statistic

Question 7

Longtidudinal purpose

Answer 7

same unit, different points in times

Question 8

Cross-sectional purpose

Answer 8

different units, same point of time

Question 9

Two common indexes of income inequality

Answer 9

• quintile ratio

- gini index

Question 10

Steps in creating the quintile ratio

Answer 10

• identify units annual income
• rank order units income
• create quintiles
• calculate quintile shares
• calculate quintile ratios

Question 11

Lorenz curve

Answer 11

plotting actual income distribution looks like

Question 12

Gini index

Answer 12

how far that lorenz curve is away from perfect equality (straight line)

Question 13

Inequality makes a ____ different between rich nations

Answer 13

little

Question 14

Inequality makes a ____ difference within rich nations

Answer 14

large

Question 15

Inequality makes a ____ difference between rich and poor countries

Answer 15

large

Question 16

3 general kinds of stratification

Answer 16

• caste
• estate
• class

Question 17

Caste

Answer 17

rigid categories based on birth and no mobility between castes

Question 18

Estate

Answer 18

categories in Europe’s middle ages feudal system, based on ascriptive birth, limited mobility

Question 19

Class

Answer 19

based on achieved criteria allowing for potentially more mobility

Question 20

Social class can help you ..

Answer 20

make a predicted guess on type of person

Question 21

Two facts of life

Answer 21

autonomy and constraint

Question 22

Conventional sociological measure/ socio-economic status (SES) is based on.

Answer 22

combination of education, income, occupational prestige variable

Question 23

Banfields approach

Answer 23

• how distant a future you can imagine

- how much you differ your gratification in the present

Question 24

CORDing involves..

Answer 24

exchanges with one’s environment

Question 25

Power

Answer 25

probability you will succeed in getting environment to last as you want

Question 26

Location of determinants of your future

Answer 26

inside you, your character created largely by socialization

Question 27

Location of success of your actions

Answer 27

outside of you, in your power, created largely by social location through interdependence

Question 28

5 determinate of power

Answer 28

- how much other people value what you have to offer - how many such peopler there are - how many competitors you have - how willing and able are the others to acts as you want - how willing and able are you to actually make your potential offerings available