Soc-Family Chapter 4

The social process of determining who does what work and for what reward is called

• job placement

• division of labor.

• social inequality.

• education

The process by which labor produces wealth that is not controlled by the laborers but by others is called

• economics

• Marxism.

• exploitation.

• employment

Employees of a retail restaurant chain work to generate profit for the corporation, and that wealth is controlled by executives. Conflict theorists call this

• unjust.

• social class.

• proletariat.

• exploitation

Max Weber originated the concept of life chances, which refers to

• a person’s chance of living to old age.

• the statistical likelihood of becoming wealthy.

• the practical opportunity to achieve material success.

• the randomness of being born into one social class or another.

A young adult whose parents can provide funds for college, reliable health care, and emotional support stands a better chance of achieving her material goals in life. This situation is an example of

• life chances

• social class.

• social mobility.

• education.

Being a member of a family or other exclusive group gives individual members access to all of the resources of that group. Sociologists call these resources

• social capital

• wealth

• connections.

• life chances

Members of the upper class often marry each other, maintaining the deep pool of social capital available to them. This mate selection practice is called

• in-group.

• class identity.

• endogamy.

• class distinction.

The disparity in economic status and security between upper and lower classes is called

• capitalism

• class identity

• inequality

• the Gini index

The Gini index is a

• measure of wealth.

• measure of inequality

• tool for understanding poverty.

• measure of social mobility

The difference between one’s class origin and class destination is known as

• a. life chances.

  b. social m

• social mobility

• “rags to riches.”

• social capital.