social stratification

Someone who makes $50,000-200,000, has at least 4 year college degree and whose dog is a yellow lab would likely be in which social class?

• upper class
• working class
• middle class
• underclass

The jobs that people in the working class have are often called 

• green collar
• yellow collar
• blue collar
• purple collar

The idea that the class you are in affects your opinion about other classes that you are not in.

• functionalism
• symbolic interactionalism
• conflict theory
• exchange mobility

Julia grew up with a dad who worked on the railroad and a mom who ran an in-home daycare.  She graduated from college and is now an accountant.  She moved from the working class to the middle class.  Julia's change is most likely called

• class appropriation
• ascribed status
• capitalism
• social mobility

Randy and his wife Stephanie each work full-time in a factory assembling windows for $13 an hour.  They rent a 2 bedroom apartment and have one child.  They can pay most of their bills, but occasionally run into money problems.  In which social class do they best fit?

• middle class
• working class
• working poor
• underclass

Robert is a lawyer.  He drives a Lexus and lives in a 5 bedroom house with his wife Susan and their only child, David.  He makes $180,000/year.  His family wears North Face clothing and loves to golf and play tennis.  They have traveled internationally several times.  In which social class do they best fit?

• Upper class
• Upper middle class
• Middle class
• Working class

A McDonald's worker that starts a become a self made business owner is an example of which type of mobility?

• horizontal mobility
• vertical mobility
• intergenerational mobility
• exchange mobility

The daughter of a carpenter that goes to U of L for medicine and eventually get her P.h.d is an example of which type of mobility?

• intergenerational
• intragenerational
• structural
• exchange

The idea that stratification is an inevitable balance resulting in different classes because some people are more motivated to work than others.

• Symbolic Interactionalism
• Conflict theory
• Functionalism
• intragenerational mobility

Idea that your success is more likely determined by the social class you were born into rather than you abilities.

• functionalism
• symbolic interactionalism
• conflict theory
• vertical mobility