Social Inequality Unit 3 Objectives
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What term describes the differences in opportunities and resources that individuals have?

  • Welfare state impact
  • Wealth distribution
  • Social stratification
  • Life chances (correct)

    • What is the term for the social system in which individuals and groups are ranked in a hierarchy?

  • Achieved status
  • Equal opportunities legislation
  • Gender discrimination
  • Social stratification (correct)

    • What is the term for the status that a person acquires based on personal accomplishments and merit?

  • Ascribed status
  • Class stratification
  • Achieved status (correct)
  • Gender inequality

    • What refers to prejudice and discrimination based on a person's gender?

    <p>Gender discrimination</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What measures are introduced by the government to reduce inequality?

    <p>Equal opportunities legislation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What describes the unequal distribution of wealth and income in different societies?

    <p>Class stratification</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What term is used to describe the ranking or grading of individuals and groups in a hierarchy that gives some an advantage over others?

    <p>Social stratification</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In what ways does social stratification occur?

    <p>Through social class, age, ethnicity, and gender</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What term is used to describe the division of functions and labor to achieve greater efficiency in human groups?

    <p>Social differentiation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does social differentiation refer to?

    <p>Differences in roles and statuses without superiority or inferiority</p> Signup and view all the answers

    When does social differentiation become social stratification?

    <p>When some individuals are seen to be superior or have greater power than others</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What term is used to describe the different layers of rocks deposited one on top of the other?

    <p>Geological stratification</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In what ways are societies differentiated as they develop?

    <p>Through division of labor and additional tasks that need to be done</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What term is used to describe the socially constructed decision about who should do what in groups and societies?

    <p>Social construction</p> Signup and view all the answers

    "Societies become more differentiated as they develop because there are more tasks that need to be done and therefore more statuses and roles." This statement supports the concept of:

    <p>&quot;Social differentiation&quot;</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a minority group based on?

    <p>Ethnicity, age, disability, and other factors</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In which stratification system are individuals treated as the legal property of another group?

    <p>Slavery</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a characteristic of the caste stratification system?

    <p>Inheritance of status at birth and inability to change it</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which term is used to describe societies that use technology for mass production?

    <p>Industrial societies</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In what type of society were many early societies stratified into citizens and slaves?

    <p>Traditional societies</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of societies use technology for mass production?

    <p>Industrial societies</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What term is used to describe a society in which mobility between different levels of stratification is not possible?

    <p>Closed society</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which system of social stratification was slightly more open than the caste system?

    <p>Estate system</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What term is used to describe the unequal distribution of wealth and income in different societies?

    <p>Social stratification</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In traditional societies, which type of statuses are common and can largely determine people's life chances at birth?

    <p>Ascribed statuses</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What term describes the division of functions and labor to achieve greater efficiency in human groups?

    <p>Division of labor</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What refers to prejudice and discrimination based on a person's gender?

    <p>Gender stratification</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In what ways does social stratification occur?

    <p>Through gender, ethnicity, and social class</p> Signup and view all the answers

    When does social differentiation become social stratification?

    <p>When there is a ranking or grading of individuals and groups in a hierarchy</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What term is used to describe the socially constructed decision about who should do what in groups and societies?

    <p>Division of labor</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What term is used to describe the status that a person acquires based on personal accomplishments and merit?

    <p>Achieved status</p> Signup and view all the answers

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