ASAGI 1-4, 6 – Flashcards

The concept _____ is used to refer to social ranking based on wealth, occupation or prestige.

Which social theorist argued that there were two social classes in society characterized by their relationship to the means of production?

The social class that must sell their labor for a wage in order to survive is referred to as the _______.

The social class that owns the means of production is referred to as the _____.

Karl Marx argued that social classes were defined by their relationship to the _____.

Which social theorist distinguished between class and status?

The fundamental aspects of an individual's future possibilities that are shaped by class membership are called __________.

According to Weber, it is a(n) _________ that shares the same economically shaped life chances.

According to Weber, ________ is ranking by social prestige.

Gilbert defines ______ as "groups of families more or less equal in rank and differentiated from other families above or below them with regard to characteristics such as occupation, income, wealth and prestige".

(T/F) Gilbert suggests that the study of social stratification is as much art as it is science.

(T/F) There is no single correct model of the American class structure.

(T/F) According to Gilbert, it is now analytically more appropriate to emphasize the division between the capitalist and upper middle classes and the classes below them.

The period between 1946 and approximately 1973 is referred to as __________.

The years since 1973 are referred to in the text as ____________.

In his study of Yankee City, W. Lloyd Warner discovered a hierarchy of prestige classes based on both ____________.

W. Lloyd Warner and his colleagues were able to classify what percent of Yankee City residents? (%)

Which of the following is one of the notable features of the Yankee City classificatory schema? A. An old-money elite vs. those with recently acquired fortunes B. The distinction between those who work with their hands (situated in the lower half of the class structure) and those from the higher classes who do not. C. The attribution of moral status for no class position. D. All of the above. E. None of the above.

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