Exam 12: Social Class and Lifestyles

The lower classes use more restrictive codes than do the upper classes. How does this knowledge change the way insurance might be sold to a working-class man compared to an upper-class man?

Identify for each of the following items whether it would be more likely found in a working-class living room or an upper class living room. Items: a Bible, picture windows, still-life portraits, photographs of family members, large potted plants, French furniture, a TV set, a family pet, piano

________ refers to the passage of individuals from one social class to another.

The general method for elevating one's social status is to increase the use of ascribed status tools.

________ are wealthy individuals who are likely to suffer from status anxiety, trying to display symbols of their success to make up for an internal lack of assurance about the "correct" way to behave.

How does the worldview difference in social class help explain why the sons and daughters of working-class families typically spend their entire lives living within a hundred miles of where they were raised?

The field of ________ is concerned with the "human" side of economic decisions (including the biases in decision making).

Most groups exhibit a structure called a ________ in which some members are somehow better off than others.

Social class appears to be a poor predictor of purchases that have symbolic aspects and low to moderate prices (such as liquor and cosmetics).

The hundreds of millions of consumers around the world who can now afford higher quality products belong to the ________.