Exam 7: Social Class in the United States

Most African Americans live at or below the poverty line.

Marquita is working on a projecor her sociology class. She asks every student living in her dorm how much money they expect to make at their first job. She finds that most students expect to make between $40,000 and $80,000 per year upon graduation. Marquita concludes that most of the graduates expect to be part of the:

________refers to the change thaamily members make from one social class to the next through generations.

Because of the cost of medical school, poorer students are less likely to become doctors than higher status students. Which theorists would be more likely to examine how this trend impacts social stratification in the U.S.?

Jenny went to college intending to meet a potential mate, not to receive a degree. She dated fourteen guys in three years. In an effort to determine who will make the very best husband, Jenny has ranked the fourteen young men in terms of their wealth, power, and prestige. Jenny is using a system of:

The________ is a social class that consists of those who have moderate incomes.

Professor Fuentes is teaching her students about the three components of the social stratification system. She tells them that the three components are:

An________ is a program offering assistance to which a person is entitled, requiring no qualification.

The__________ is a social class that consists of high income members of society who are well educated but do not belong to the elite membership of the super wealthy.

Barbara earns minimum wage and lives paycheck to paycheck. She has 3 dependent children and her income is below the government's poverty line. Barbara is a part of the:

Suburban schools receive more funding than urban schools.

_________is a state of poverty that occurs when a person lacks stable employment.

Omar is a functionalist. He believes that the amount of pay associated with a job depends on:

Willie lives in a housing project in New York City. Willie's neighborhood is characterized by high levels of poverty, single-parent households, and male unemployment. Willie is a part of the:

____________occurs when social changes affect large numbers of people.

__________is poverty so severe that one lacks resources to survive.

Many factory workers join unions because unions are able to impose the will of the employees onto the employers. As such, unions wield a great amount of:

________is a state of poverty that occurs when we compare ourselves to those around us.

Vera is a janitor on the night crew at the university. She will be retiring next week after 32 years of service. As Vera looks back over her life, she realizes that she is still in the same place that she was when she started her job. Although she worked hard and was fairly intelligent, she did not get ahead. Because of this, Vera disagrees with the:

Eileen is eligible to receive assistive services like food stamps, health care, and housing from the government. This suggests that: