Exam 10: Social Class in the United States

The median annual compensation package for CEOs is $10,100,000. What does this mean in relation to all CEO compensation packages?

What is the likelihood that children will experience an increase in social class in comparison to their parents?

Which general explanation of poverty focuses on the discrimination and changes in the job market?

What is the strongest variable in developing correlations to which social groups are in poverty?

John worked at a steel mill for 25 years. A recessionary economy and competition with foreign steelmakers forced the closing of the mill. At the age of 45, John is unable to find work in his town, lives in poverty, and must go on welfare. What is the most likely cause of John's poverty?

What is the relationship between one's social class and one's chances of being a victim of crime?

What did the research by Kohn suggest as being the primary influence upon parents that emphasized how they reared their children?

If 100 working-class people move upward on the class ladder and, at the same time, 100 middle-class people move downward, sociologists would consider this an example of ________ mobility.

How long does poverty last for most people affected by it?

Which of the following individuals would have the narrowest field of "eligible" marriage partners based on background expectations?

Name at least three of the top five occupations in the United States based on occupational prestige.

In child rearing, what is the difference between punishment and supervision of children as it relates to social class?

Few of the U.S. presidents have come from a class of Americans who qualify as being members of the power elite.

What were the four social classes identified by Erik Wright?

What region of the United States has the highest clustering of people in poverty?

What group of Americans does the author characterize as being the "fallout" of the postindustrial economy?

Because of contradicting class locations, Erik Wright modified Marx's simpler two-class model.

There is a direct relationship between the amount of education an occupation requires and the prestige it holds in society.

The belief by many Americans that they actually contribute to major governmental decisions through the power of their vote is referred to by Hellinger and Judd as ________.

Who was the sociologist who expanded upon the concept of the power elite to note that no major decision of the United States government was made without its approval?