3.04 Social Stratification

Practice

Definitions:

1. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
2. The socio-economic layering of society's members according to property, power, and prestige
3. The ability to get one’s way even in the face of opposition to one’s goals
4. All of the wealth, investments, deeded and titled properties, and other tangible sources of income
5. The distinction made between social groups and persons on the basis of biological, physiological, and sociocultural factors
6. Theorist that focused on power and prestige when studying social stratification
7. The amount of money received by an individual or group over a specific time period
8. A segment of society whose members hold similar amounts of resources and share values, norms, and an identifiable lifestyle
9. The degree of social honor attached with your position in society
10. Theorist that focused on income and wealth when studying social stratification
11. The ways in which social-defined categories of persons are differentially positioned with regard to access to a variety of social ‘goods’
12. The total economic resources held by a person or group

Terms:

• Hierarchy
• Prestige
• Social Differentiation
• Social Stratification
• Karl Marx
• Power
• Social Class
• Property
• Wealth
• Income
• Social inequality
• Max Weber

Answers:

1. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another

   Answer: Hierarchy

2. The socio-economic layering of society's members according to property, power, and prestige

   Answer: Social Stratification

3. The ability to get one’s way even in the face of opposition to one’s goals

   Answer: Power

4. All of the wealth, investments, deeded and titled properties, and other tangible sources of income

   Answer: Property

5. The distinction made between social groups and persons on the basis of biological, physiological, and sociocultural factors

   Answer: Social Differentiation

6. Theorist that focused on power and prestige when studying social stratification

   Answer: Max Weber

7. The amount of money received by an individual or group over a specific time period

   Answer: Income

8. A segment of society whose members hold similar amounts of resources and share values, norms, and an identifiable lifestyle

   Answer: Social Class

9. The degree of social honor attached with your position in society

   Answer: Prestige

10. Theorist that focused on income and wealth when studying social stratification

    Answer: Karl Marx

11. The ways in which social-defined categories of persons are differentially positioned with regard to access to a variety of social ‘goods’

    Answer: Social Inequality

12. The total economic resources held by a person or group

    Answer: Wealth