Social Stratification
When privileges, opportunities, and substantial rewards are given to people in some positions in society but denied to others, it is called:
Inequality
A person who knows how to use each piece of silverware at a formal dinner would be considered to have more _________ capital than one who does not.
cultural
True or False: Population trends and economic vitality within a country are 2 factors that affect an individual’s mobility.
TRUE
Won a Nobel Peace peace prize for his/her work for those in dire needs. He/she established homes in India and started an orphanage. Who could it be?
Mother Teresa
True or False: The United States has higher levels of inequality and poverty and less class mobility than most other wealthy nations.
TRUE
What is the term for a stratification system that does not allow for social mobility?
Ascribed stratification system (or a closed system)
What refers to one’s opportunities, depending on both achieved and ascribed statuses in society?
Life chances
Name 3 out of 4 kinds of social mobility.
Intergenerational, horizontal, intragenerational, Vertical Mobility
A logo that shows that products are free from exploitation, that fair wages are paid, there are health and safety checks, and there is the usage of sustainable materials is called?
Fair Trade Certified
_________ __________ -- not having resources to meet basic needs—means no prestige, very little access to power, no accumulated wealth, and insufficient means to survive.
Absolute poverty
What type of theorists see stratification as the outcome of struggles for dominance and scarce resources, with some individuals in society taking advantage of others?
Conflict theorists
What includes your attitudes, values, beliefs, behavior patterns and other parts of your life, which are shaped by socialization and your environment?
Individual lifestyles
Mosby had the opportunity to get higher education and made $60,000 a year. However, during the pandemic, he lost his job and got a new job and now makes $35,000 a year. This is an example of what kind of social mobility?
Downward social mobility
A means of cheap production in foreign countries where employment regulation laws are not as frequently monitored as they are in the United States.
Child labor
What refers to the gap between those with knowledge and access to information technology and those without it?
The digital divide
What is the term for a system in which social class is based on merit and individual effort and movement is allowed between classes?
Achieved stratification system (or open-class system)
Generally speaking, the higher the ____________ level, the more active individuals are in political life, the more mainstream or conventional their religious affiliation, and the more likely they are to marry, remain married, and have good health.
education
DAILY DOUBLE
Women, on average, earn less money than men, but they now have more ___________ than men.
What is the name for every descending rung of the socioeconomic ladder that corresponds to worse health?
Health-Wealth Gradient
DAILY DOUBLE
According to the text, nothing describes poverty more vividly than ___________.
What determines and legitimizes the society's system of sorting its members?
The society's culture
Families in the ____________ class tend to have their kids engage in more casual, unstructured play.
working class
To increase children’s vocabulary, a University of Chicago study recommends the “3-Ts” approach. What do the 3 Ts stand for?
Tune in, talk more, take turns
Out of 1.9 billion children in the world, 2.2 million die every year (mostly from Global South countries). Name 3 out of 4 things that cause this.
Malnutrition, diseases from unsafe water, poor sanitation, inadequate health care.
What term refers to the trend in which single females with children make up a growing proportion of those in poverty?
The feminization of poverty