Exam 7: Social Stratification

Movement from one occupational status to another is called

Which of the following is not a form of slavery that exists in some places in the world?

The essence of global stratification is

According to sociologists, a primary difference between prestige and wealth is that

Sociologists are using the __________method of identifying social class when they rely on a group of people from the community to rate or locate people in the class structure.

Which of the following is NOT a cause of the feminization of poverty?

The huge number of women bearing the burden of poverty, mostly as single mothers or heads of families, is called the__________ of poverty.

Define social mobility.

According to the text, it is harder today than 30 years ago for Americans to move from a lower to a higher social class.

The term ʺlife chancesʺ refers to

Identify and discuss the four sources of structural mobility in American society. How do these changes impact the mobility of a particular class of people.

Define feminization of poverty.

The class system is the least stratified, with minimal inequality.

Characteristics of global poverty include all of the following EXCEPT

Which of the following is NOT a social force that has created homelessness?

Compare and contrast the functionalist and conflict approaches to stratification. How do they differ? Which one seems the most accurate?

According to the __________perspective, stratification limits opportunities for the underprivileged, preserves injustices, and provokes unrest.

All of the following EXCEPT are sources of structural mobility.

Hank was a factory worker and never graduated from high school. His son, however, went to college. Sociologists use the concept of __________to understand the different attainments of father and son.

John Grisham was an attorney prior to become a best -selling author. This is an example of