Exam 2: Culture

_______________mobility is the social movement experienced by family members from one generation to the next.

______________theorists view education as the "elevator" to social mobility. They see education as providing all students with opportunities, and they argue that students' abilities are now more important than their class, race, or gender in determining success.

Alicia works as an administrative assistant for a large corporation. According to Wright's Marxian model, Alicia would be categorized as a member of the ______________class.

Poor people in the United States _______________.

In 2014, the wealthiest 20 percent of households in the United States received approximately ______________of the total income pie.

In the late 1970s, sociologist Diana Pearce coined the term ______________to refer to the trend in which women are disproportionately represented among individuals living in poverty.

All societies distinguish among people by age.

Outline sociologist Max Weber's multidimensional approach to social stratification, and explain how people are ranked on all three dimensions.

According to Forbes magazine, the richest people in the world are Bill Gates (cofounder of Microsoft Corporation) and Amancio Ortega (founder of the Zara clothing line). In Wright's Marxian model, these men would be members of the______________ class.

When analyzing social class, ______________are most likely to consider the degree of control that workers have over the decision-making process and their ability to plan and implement their own work.

Describe what is meant by the American Dream.

The minimum wage is ____________ .

Weber believed that modern bureaucracies are so strong that even a workers' revolution would not lessen social inequality.

Social critic and journalist Barbara Ehrenreich demonstrated that people in the ____________ use strategies like help from relatives and continually changing residences in order to survive.

_______________occurs when people experience movement either up or down the class structure.

Weber defined social class using_______________ as a major contributor.

Working single mothers and their children and African Americans are overrepresented among the ____________ .

Theoretically, a class system is more open than a caste system.

Marx described workers as alienated for a variety of reasons, including that_______________ .

Corporations have been disinvesting in the United States, displacing millions of people from their jobs. Economists refer to this displacement as the ______________of America.