Vocab
Large group of people with similar levels of wealth, power, and prestige:
What is a social class?
Characteristics of this class include:
•Low skilled workers
•Often out of work
•Live “paycheck to paycheck”
Who are the Lower-Lower class?
The point at which a household's income falls below the necessary level to purchase food to physically sustain its members:
What is absolute poverty?
Upper, Middle, or Lower Class?
Health Patterns:
Have the time and resources to stay fit.
Health care is not an issue.
What is the Upper Class?
These are the two classes under Karl Marx's, "Communist", society:
Who are the bourgeoise and the proletariat?
This is power:
What is being able to get your way, despite resistance?
These are three characteristics of the Lower-Upper Class:
What are:
•New Wealth (Nouveau Riche)
•Successful business owners
•Famous Hollywood actors
•Not fully accepted by upper-upper class?
Horatio Alger came up with a, "Rags to Riches", myth about social mobility in the U.S., more commonly known as:
What is the, "American Dream"?
Upper, Middle, or Lower Class?
Political Patterns:
•Economically liberal
•Socially conservative
What is the Lower Class?
Under C. Wright Mills', "Power Elite Theory", he considers these type of people to be in charge of the U.S.:
Who are, “A closely knit alliance of military, government, and corporate officials perceived as the center of wealth and political power in the U.S.”?
This is prestige:
What is holding a person, position, or status in high regard or respect?
These are three characteristics of the Upper-Lower Class:
What are:
•Largest class segment
•Blue collar workers
•Associate status with security?
This is relative poverty:
What is a condition that exists when people may be able to afford basic necessities but are still unable to maintain an average standard of living?
Upper, Middle, or Lower Class?
Consumption Patterns:
•Work used to purchase enjoyment
•Impulsive spending
•Leisure items such as televisions and game systems important
What is the Lower Class?
Max Weber listed these three items under his, "Three P's of Wealth", theory:
What are property, power & prestige?
Social position based on education, income, and job:
What is socioeconomic status?
Characteristics of this class include:
•Career-focused
•Professionals
•No unusual wealth or status
•Financially comfortable
•Active in the community
Who are the Upper-Middle class?
We discussed five different types of social mobility in class, they are:
What are intergenerational, upward, downward, structural, and exchange?
Upper, Middle, or Lower Class?
Parenting Patterns:
Focus on creativity.
Use verbal persuasion.
Children need guidance.
What is the Middle Class?
Under Emile Durkheim's, "Consensus Theory", he compared society to what biological organism:
What is a human cell?
The state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions:
What is poverty?
These are the six social classes we discussed in class and in our notes:
What are the:
Upper-Upper Class
Lower-Upper Class
Upper-Middle Class
Lower-Middle Class
Upper-Lower Class
Lower-Lower Class?
This is the difference between status consistent & status inconsistent:
What is:
• Status Consistent=People with similar levels of power, property, and prestige (e.g. a poor homeless person)
• Status Inconsistent=People with varying levels of power, property, and prestige (e.g. an “old money” family who lost its wealth may continue to be influential; a lower class family may win the lottery)?
Upper, Middle, or Lower Class?
Crime Patterns:
White collar crime.
Dealt with outside of the criminal justice system.
What is the Upper & Middle Classes?
Joe Exotic, from Netflix's, "Tiger King", has been married this many times:
What is twice?