Exam 1: Social Class in America

According to Weber, status groups share a(n) ______.

The concept ______ is used to refer to social ranking based on wealth, occupation, or prestige.

According to Weber, ______ is ranking by social prestige.

The concept ______ refers to the ways people can move within the class system.

In the Gilbert-Kahl model of class structure, which of the social classes is most likely to be university educated?

The social class that owns the means of production is referred to as the ______.

Marx used the term ideology, to describe the pervasive ideas that uphold the status quo and sustain the ruling class.

A status order tends to restrict the freedom of the market, not only by its monopolization of certain types of consumption goods but also by its monopolization of the opportunities to earn money.

Heterosexual, married couple families are increasingly dependent on the incomes of husbands.

Your textbook defines ______ as "groups of families or households, more or less equal in rank and differentiated from other families above or below them with regard to characteristics such as occupation, income, wealth, and prestige."

Weber knew the work of Marx but reached different conclusions.

There is a positive relationship between social class and life chances.

Weber argued that status differences generally supported the development of class consciousness and class struggle.

Marx believed that a new social class had been created by the capitalist mode of production. Which of the following is that class?

Describe the nature of the relationship between the bourgeoisie and the proletariat.

The fundamental aspects of an individual's future possibilities that are shaped by class membership are called ______.

According to Marx, how do privileged minorities maintain their positions and contain the potential resistance of exploited majorities?

In the Gilbert-Kahl model of class structure, how do the sources of income differ depending on where one is situated in the social class hierarchy?

According to the Gilbert-Kahl model, the two largest classes are the middle class and the working class.

According to your textbook, it is now analytically more appropriate to emphasize the division between the capitalist and upper-middle classes and the classes below them.