Exam 8: Class and Stratification in the United States

Approximately __________ of those below the official poverty line are white Americans (non-Latino/as).

All of the following are elements in the social class model developed by sociologist Dennis Gilbert EXCEPT:

The value of all of a person's or family's economic assets,including income,personal property,and income-producing property is referred to as:

Describe sociologists Dennis Gilbert's class structure in the United States.

According to sociologist Diana Pearce,__________ refers to the trend in which women are disproportionately represented among individuals living in poverty.

When people experience a gain or loss in position and/or income that does not produce a change in their place in the class structure,this is referred to as:

Describe the ways that SES has shaped the life choices of members of your own family.

Analyze the legitimacy of Kingsley Davis and Wilbert Moore's functionalist perspective on social inequality in the United States.

Sociologist Max Weber placed categories of people who have a similar level of wealth and income in the same class.He identified a privileged commercial class of __________-wealthy bankers,ship owners,professionals,and merchants who possess similar financial resources.

Approximately _________ percent of the U.S.population are members of the working class.

Outline the three major systems of stratification.

__________ poverty exists when people do not have the means to secure the most basic necessities of life.

According to the social class model developed by sociologist Dennis Gilbert,members of the __________ class come from prominent families who possess great wealth that they have held for several generations.Family names such as Rockefeller and Kennedy are well known and often held in high esteem.

Sociologists Dennis Gilbert developed a widely used model of social classes based on three elements: religion,occupation of family head,and family income.

__________ occurs when people experience movement either up or down the class structure.

_________ argued that class position and the extent of our income and wealth are determined by our work situation,or our relationship to the means of production.

Compare the distribution of income and wealth (inequality) in the United States,providing statistical information to illustrate the inequality.

As practiced in the United States,which of the following was NOT a characteristic of slavery?

Imagine you were walking along the beach and found a bottle.You rubbed the bottle and a genie appeared.The genie could grant you any one of the following elements: wealth,power,or prestige.Which would you choose? Explain.

Of all age groups,persons aged __________ are the most likely to be uninsured.