Exam 10: Class

The official number of Americans in poverty is minimized because

The practice of endogamy is a feature of the caste system in India.

________ is a major determinant of occupation, income, and prestige.

Identify which of the following are factors in systematically determining the prestige of occupations.

The upper-upper class

The wealthiest 20 percent of households own over 90 percent of all stocks..

Describe the typical class system from the order perspective.

In America, the distribution of wealth is ________ concentrated compared to income.

Conflict theorists do not regard the "ruling class" as a real unit of the social class system.

A ________ system is a closed system of mobility.

Scores from intelligence tests are by themselves poor predictors of economic success.

Welfare reform was based on the assumption that welfare was too generous, making it easier to stay on welfare than leave for work, and that welfare encouraged unmarried women to have children.

In 1986, a Pell grant covered 98 percent of tuition at a four-year college; in 2003, it covered ____ percent.

________ theorists see income, occupation, and education as the fundamental indicators of social class.

Census takers often miss those who are

________ theory emphasizes power while ________ theory focuses on prestige.

According to order theorists, social class is based on occupation.

Before the 1996 welfare reform statute, welfare accounted for about 1/4 of the income of poor adults; nearly half their income came from some form of work.

Order theorists tend to negatively label the behaviors of the higher classes for oppressing and exploiting the labor of those below.

________ persons are more likely to be arrested, to be found guilty, and to serve longer sentences for a given violation than are others.