Sociology Final: Chapter 7 – Flashcards

Which of the following characteristics is most associated with the class system?

________ are the most likely segment of the population in the United States to experience poverty today.

The concept of the maquiladoras was made possible by the passage of the ________.

Which of the following led to the discontinuation of the terms "First World," "Second World," and "Third World" to describe global stratification?

Which concept explains the rise of global stratification as including core nations, semi periphery nations, periphery nations, and external areas?

John Kenneth Galbraith's theory of global stratification, referred to as a culture of poverty, is based on a concept first proposed by ________.

Which of the following individuals would have the narrowest field of "eligible" marriage partners based on background expectations?

Who or what are the maquiladoras?

What does status inconsistency refer to in relation to social stratification?

Sally is employed as a computer programmer for the Ellis Corporation. She has a savings account of $15,000 and owns a few shares of Ellis stock. She thinks of herself as an investor rather than as a worker. Marx would maintain that Sally has experienced ________.

What is the average per capita annual income in the United States, which includes all Americans, and even children?

Jim and Jan are working-class Americans making a combined income of $47,000. Today they won a $125 million lottery. How will this immediately impact their lives?

If a person were living during Karl Marx's lifetime and worked at the Smittertown ironworks, Marx would consider that person a member of the ________.

According to Melvin Tumin, which of the following high school seniors will most likely attend college?

Phil, a janitor for an expensive apartment-house complex in Chicago, is a union janitor who makes quite a bit more money than many of the tenants in the building he maintains. Lenski would note that Phil's high income but low occupational prestige demonstrates a condition of ________.

The division of large numbers of people into layers according to their relative power, property, and prestige is referred to as ________.

Politically, the class of people who are more likely to feel that the government should intervene in the economy to make citizens financially secure are the ________.

What are the three variables Max Weber identified as defining social class?

What is the background profile of most United States presidents?

As a full professor of sociology, Jackie ranks high in prestige, but relatively low in income. What can one expect of her political views?

Based on the global stratification model, nations of the former Soviet Union and its former satellites in Eastern Europe are classified as ________.

What is the typical annual family income in the United States?

In every society, from the hunting and gathering society to the postindustrial society, the most common basis for social stratification has been ________.

When used by sociologists, the term "wealth" refers to ________.

Some nations have traditionally been in poverty from one generation to the next, relying on tradition rather than experimenting with new technology that might improve their standard of living. This explanation for global stratification is called ________.

Bonded Labor (Indentured Service)

Ideology

Caste System

Endogamy

Class System

Social Mobility

World System Theory

Globalization of Capitalism

Meritocracy

Means of Production

Bourgeoisie

Proletariat

Class Consciousness

False Class Consciousness

Social Class

Property

Wealth

Income

Power

Power Elite

Pretige

Status Consistency

Status Inconsistency

Status

Horatio Alger Myth