Exam 5: Social Stratification, Social Class, and Families

Max Weber stressed that social classes are social structures formed by a historical process that resulted from one's relationship to the means of production.

________ poverty refers to lacking resources relative to others in society, while ________ poverty refers to a lack of resources that is life-threatening.

From birth to death, social class standing has a significant impact on our lives. Which is NOT an example of one of these impacts?

Americans like to think that they live in a meritocracy, which means:

There are several pathways from poverty to adverse child outcomes, according to Figure 5.4. Which is NOT one of these pathways?

Why is there so little social mobility?

Socioeconomic status (SES)is made up of some combination of:

Som is a high-school teacher, and his wife is a nurse. They are likely members of the ________ class.

Of all groups, which is LEAST likely to be poor?

Betsy overheard some people in the student union discussing SES. She immediately knew that they were talking about: ________.

Adrian believes that poverty is a result of the low wages paid to those people working in the growing service sector. His beliefs represent:

Of all groups, which is MOST likely to be poor?

The poverty line is based on the price of a thrifty plan food budget, multiplied by three.

The ________ account for about 15 percent of the U.S. population, and their wages are usually less than $20,000 a year. They often do not receive fringe benefits and unemployment is common.

Your mother is a physician and your father is a banker. Chances are, you grew up in the upper-middle class.

About _________ million Americans are poor, accounting for about ________ percent of the population.

A combination of education, occupation, and income is referred to as

Bobby's family is listed in the Social Register. Based on what you have learned from the feature box, this means:

The underclass comprises about 10 percent of the population, and is made up of people earning the minimum wage.

Wealth is the value of a person's or family's economic assets, including income, real estate, stocks, bonds, and other items of economic worth, minus debt.