Social Stratification

ranking of people or groups according to their unequal access to resources

• social stratification

• social interaction

• social class

• social consciousness

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

• the proletariat

• class consciousness

• social stratification

• horizontal mobility

From this perspective, stratification exists b/c some are willing to exploit others 

• conflict
• functionalism
• symbolic interactionism

From this perspective, stratification exists so that the most qualified people fill the most important positions

• functionalism
• conflict
• symbolic interactionism

Conflict theorists believe that inequality exists because

• Successful people have put in the time and hard work to become that way

• It's fate or destiny

• in groups, leaders emerge and use their position to benefit themselves

• Some people have higher self-esteem than others

The most distinguishing characteristic of a caste system is that

• people’s social class can change vertically but not horizontally.
• people can only change from one generation to the next.
• social status is inherited and cannot be changed.
• social status can be changed by education and hard work

Throughout history, which of the following was NOT a cause of slavery?

• Racism

• Debt

• War

• Crime

Finish the Sentence -Social mobility is the ability to move between social ______

• Sentences
• Castes
• Classes
• Casements

The division of society into categories, ranks, or classes is

• social category
• social stratification
• social groups
• social statuses

The individual who discussed that social stratification consists of three factors.: power, wealth, and prestige

• Emile Durkheim
• Karl Marx
• Herbert Spencer
• Max Weber