Social Stratification- Wealth and Poverty

Which of the following would be considered part of a person’s wealth?

• her tax forms
• her clothes and other personal possessions
• a paycheck she will receive next Friday
• a house that she rents

Which of the following is least likely to live in poverty in the United States today?

• a 30-year-old white man
• an African American mother of two preschoolers
• a 14-year-old Latino boy
• a mentally ill 45-year-old white woman

When you add up all the economic resources a person has, such as her savings, home, personal property, etc., you have determined that person’s

• caste.
• power.
• wealth.
• prestige.

Which of the following refers to the different layers of people who possess varying amounts of scarce resources?

• the proletariat
• class consciousness
• social stratification
• horizontal mobility

A person with power always possess prestige.

• True
• False

Movement to an upper or lower social class due to occupation

• Horizontal mobility
• Vertical mobility
• Intergenerational mobility
• Intragenerational mobility

Movement from one occupation to another within the same social class

• Horizontal mobility
• Vertical mobility
• Intergenerational mobility
• Intragenerational mobility

Movement to an upper or lower social class over the course of a generation

• Horizontal mobility
• Vertical mobility
• Intergenerational mobility
• Intragenerational mobility

Movement to an upper or lower social class within one generation

• Horizontal mobility
• Vertical mobility
• Intergenerational mobility
• Intragenerational mobility

Identify the dimension of power indicated by:
Respect given to a doctor

• Prestige
• Power 
• Wealth