Unit 4- Social Stratification Review

Stratification is the division of society into classes that have unequal amounts of wealth, power, and prestige.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Refers to switching from one position to another without a change in social status

• Horizontal mobility

• Vertical mobility

• Straight mobility

• Upward mobility

Refers to the movement from one level on the social hierarchy to another.

• Horizontal mobility

• Vertical mobility

• The American Dream

• Ripple effect

Institutionalized discrimination is often referred as...

• an attempt to destroy, in whole or in part, a population

• unfair practices that are part of the structure of a society

• students being stuck at school

Most sociologists believe that definitions of masculinity and femininity are based on--

• Research

• Tradition

• Traveling

• Biology

Assimilation is the blending of a minority into the dominant society.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Which of the following best describes the symbolic interactionist view of prejudice?

• Children are taught to be prejudiced by watching the behavior others

• Prejudice only becomes a problem in society when it is institutionalized.

• Prejudice strengthens society both economically and culturally.

Rigid social hierarchy with no chance to change social class.

• Estate

• Caste

• Class

• Social Hierarchy

Status is partially achieved, there is some potential for movement between groups.

• Estate

• Caste

• Class

• Minority

This theory states that stratification assures that the most qualified people fill the most important positions.

• Functionalist

• Conflict

• Symbolic-Interactionist