Exam 10: Social Class in the United States

If we use the analogy that some U.S. families have an income that could be represented by the height of Mount Everest, then the average American family has an income that is about _____ feet off the ground.

Compared to the working class, the lower middle class generally has

Status consistency refers to

What are the four characteristics of jobs that have the most prestige?

In Mexico, Javier was a physician. Javier emigrated to the United States and ended up working as a carpenter (which had been his hobby in Mexico). Javier experienced _____ mobility.

Lee started as a bank teller and 15 years later ended up running the bank. This is an example of _____ mobility.

What percentage of the nation's wealth is owned by the wealthiest 10% of Americans?

Members of the _____ tend to think of themselves as having "real jobs" and regard the "suits" above them as paper pushers.

Durkheim called it _____ when people become detached from the usual norms that guide their behavior.

What proportion of all African American adults works at white-collar jobs today?

The money that someone receives, usually from a job, business, or assets, is referred to as

_____ mobility is movement either up or down the social class ladder due more to changes in society than to the actions of individuals.

Going without something in the present in the hope of achieving greater gains in the future is called

Most members of the working poor class

In _____ mobility, many people move up the social class ladder, and many move down, with the social class system showing little change.

_____ is respect or regard.

The class most shaped by education is the _____ class.

Name three effects of social class on family life.

_____ refers to the change that family members make in social class from one generation to the next.

Ranking high on some dimensions of social class and low on others is called