Sociology - Unit 3: Social Inequality

The behavioral and psychological traits considered appropriate for men and women:

Ranking categories of people in a hierachy is:

A standard of living that is below the minimum level considered adequate by society:

Why do sociologists study social stratification?

Which statement is NOT true about social stratification?

Laws do not and have never supported discrimination.

Separating white and African Americans into two different schools is an example of:

One cause of upward mobility:

Socioeconomic Status combines income with:

Men are more likely to live in poverty.

The belief that one's own race or ethnic group is naturally superior to other races or ethnic groups:

Someone who has earned a doctorate degree is an example of?

Sociologists say people are prejudice because they have a particular kind of personality.

Placing the blame for one's troubles on an innocent individual or group:

A system where the distribution of scarce resources and rewards are determined on the basis of achieved status:

How do sociologists determine social class?

A person who moves from one job to another that provides about the same level of rewards would be described as

The set of cultural characteristics that distinguishes one group from another group:

The invisible barrier that prevents women from gaining upper level positions in business.

America is graying.

Whites are more likely to live in poverty than African Americans and Hispanics in the United States.

How did the inequality of men and women come to be?

Awareness of being masculine or feminine as those traits are defined by culture:

Gender roles are equal.

Everyone runs an equal risk of being poor in society.

Specific behaviors and attitudes that a society esstablishes for men and women:

One government response to poverty:

What tends to be the most important determinant of prestige according to sociologists?

Functionalist Theory says that stratification is a necessary feature of the social structure.

There are biologically "pure" races.

A factor that can cause downward mobility:

A category of people who share inherited physical characteristics and whom others see as being a distinct group:

People, who because of their physical characteristics or cultural practices, are singled out and unequally treated:

An oversimplified, exaggerated, or unfavorable generalization about a group of people:

This % of the United States lives in poverty:

All of the following are effects of poverty EXCEPT:

The denial of equal treatment to individuals based on their group membership; behaviors:

What is considered poverty in one society might be regarded as adequate standard of living in another society.

One of the reasons Health Care is a problem in the United States is because of

Minority has to do with group size.

The richest 1% of the population in the United States controls more than 1/3 of the country's wealth.

What population has the most living in poverty?

A social stratification based on ascribed status:

Life expectancy for a man in the United States (in 2020) is:

What characteristics affect poverty?

What is social inequality?

Minority Status exists because:

Most Americans will remain within the same social class as their parents.

Believing all Irish people are hot-tempered is an example of:

Max Weber believed that class consisted of these 3 factors:

Jim Crow laws are an example of:

According to Zimbardo, 8/10 people hold some sort of prejudice.

The income gap in the United States is not growing.

An unsupported generalization about a category of people; attitudes:

Life expectancy for a woman in the United States (in 2020) is:

The majority of people are not prejudice.