How Well Do You Know Social Class and Inequality?
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What are the three dimensions of social class?

  • Money, influence, and reputation
  • Income, occupation, and education
  • Wealth, status, and education
  • Property, power, and prestige (correct)

What are the three dimensions of social class?

  • Race, gender, and age
  • Property, power, and prestige (correct)
  • Education, occupation, and income
  • Wealth, intelligence, and beauty

What are the three dimensions of social class?

  • Income, occupation, and race
  • Education, prestige, and power
  • Wealth, status, and education
  • Property, power, and prestige (correct)

What are the three dimensions of social class?

<p>Property, power, and prestige (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the difference between race and ethnicity?

<p>Race refers to physical characteristics, while ethnicity refers to cultural characteristics. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the difference between race and ethnicity?

<p>Race refers to inherited physical characteristics, while ethnicity refers to distinctive cultural characteristics. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the difference between gender and sex?

<p>Gender is a social construct while sex is biological. (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the meaning of selective perception?

<p>Seeing certain features of an object or situation while remaining blind to others. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Weberian social class, what are the two parts that make up social class?

<p>Property and power (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does gender stratification refer to?

<p>Unequal access to property, power, and prestige (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Weberian social class, what are the two parts?

<p>Property and power (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is ethnic work?

<p>Activities that enhance, maintain, or transmit ethnic or racial identity. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Weberian social class, what are the two parts of social class?

<p>Property and power (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Weberian social class, what are the two parts of social class?

<p>Property and power (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the term "power elite" refer to?

<p>The top people in U.S. corporations, military, and politics who make the nation's major decisions (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the definition of discrimination?

<p>Unfair treatment of individuals or groups. (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the term "power elite" refer to?

<p>The top people in U.S. corporations, military, and politics who make the nation's major decisions (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the relationship between testosterone levels and behavior in males?

<p>Testosterone levels are associated with aggression and risk-taking behavior. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the term "power elite" refer to?

<p>The top people in U.S. corporations, military, and politics who make the nation's major decisions (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the difference between prejudice and discrimination?

<p>Prejudice involves negative attitudes or prejudging, while discrimination involves unfair treatment of individuals or groups. (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who are the Power Elite?

<p>The top people in U.S. corporations, military, and politics who make the nation's major decisions (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is status consistency?

<p>The state of ranking high or low on all three dimensions of social class (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which gender tends to have more college graduates?

<p>Females (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the term "anomie" refer to?

<p>A condition of society in which people become detached from the usual norms that guide their behavior (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is status consistency?

<p>Ranking high or low on all three dimensions of social class (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is status consistency?

<p>Ranking high or low on all three dimensions of social class (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the definition of racism?

<p>Prejudice and discrimination based on race (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is selective perception?

<p>Seeing certain features of an object or situation while remaining blind to others. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the Horatio Alger myth?

<p>The belief that anyone can get ahead if they try hard enough (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which gender tends to earn more over their lifetime?

<p>Males (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the policies that can impact ethnic and racial relations?

<p>All of the above (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is anomie?

<p>A condition of society in which people become detached from the usual norms that guide their behavior (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the four types of social mobility?

<p>Upward, downward, structural, and exchange (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is racism?

<p>Negative attitudes towards a certain race (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is anomie?

<p>A condition of society in which people become detached from the usual norms that guide their behavior (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the Horatio Alger myth?

<p>The belief that anyone can get ahead if they try hard enough (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the Horatio Alger myth?

<p>The belief that anyone can get ahead if they try hard enough (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are minority groups?

<p>Groups singled out for unequal treatment and discrimination. (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are poverty triggers?

<p>Unexpected events that push people into poverty (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the glass ceiling?

<p>A metaphorical barrier preventing women from reaching high-level positions in the workplace (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the Horatio Alger myth?

<p>The belief that anyone can get ahead if they try hard enough (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is social mobility?

<p>The ability to move up in social class (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How does social class affect various aspects of life?

<p>It affects physical and mental health, family life, education, religion, politics, and crime and criminal justice (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How does social class affect various aspects of life?

<p>It affects physical and mental health, family life, education, religion, politics, and crime and criminal justice (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are poverty triggers?

<p>Unexpected events that push people into poverty (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the labor market?

<p>The market for buying and selling labor. (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is ageism?

<p>Prejudice and discrimination based on age (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are ascribed statuses?

<p>Statuses that are given at birth and cannot be changed (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is internal colonialism?

<p>The colonization of one group within a country by another dominant group. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the graying of America refer to?

<p>The growing percentage of older people in the population. (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is assimilation?

<p>The process of becoming part of a dominant culture (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is multiculturalism?

<p>The process of recognizing and valuing different cultures within a society. (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the relationship between age and society?

<p>Age is a social construct and has reference points in childhood, adolescence, adulthood, and old age (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is population transfer?

<p>The forced movement of a group of people from one area to another. (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the relationship between gender norms and society?

<p>Gender norms are cultural and vary within and across societies. (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is sexual harassment?

<p>Unwanted sexual advances or behavior in the workplace or other settings. (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Study Notes

  1. Social class is a large group of people who rank closely to one another in property, power, and prestige.
  2. Weberian and Marxian notions of social class differ in how they define classes.
  3. Weberian social class has two parts: property and power.
  4. Power elite refers to the top people in U.S. corporations, military, and politics who make the nation's major decisions.
  5. Status consistency refers to ranking high or low on all three dimensions of social class.
  6. Anomie is a condition of society in which people become detached from the usual norms that guide their behavior.
  7. Social mobility can be upward, downward, structural, or exchange.
  8. The Horatio Alger myth is the belief that anyone can get ahead if they try hard enough.
  9. Poverty triggers are unexpected events that push people into poverty.
  10. Social class affects physical and mental health, family life, education, religion, politics, and crime and criminal justice.

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Test your knowledge on social class and its impact on society with this informative quiz! From the Weberian and Marxian notions of social class to the top decision-makers in the U.S., this quiz covers a wide range of topics related to social class. See if you know about status consistency, anomie, social mobility, and the Horatio Alger myth. Plus, learn about poverty triggers and how social class affects various aspects of life. Take this quiz to see how much you know about social class and

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