Chapter 8 Quiz Review

The ranking of people or groups according to their unequal access to scarce resources

• social mobility

• social inequality

• social stratification

• wealth

the amount of money received by an individual over a specific time period, usually reported yearly

• wealth

• income

• power

• prestige

total economic resources held by a person, including money, land, cars, clothes, home, etc

• income

• wealth

• power

• prestige

the ability to control the behavior of others

• wealth

• income

• power

• prestige

recognition, respect, and admiration attached to social positions

• wealth

• income

• power

• prestige

Which perspective says that stratification assures the most qualified people fill the most important jobs

• conflict

• symbolic interactionism

• functionalist

Which perspective says that inequality exists because people with power are willing to exploit others

• conflict

• symbolic interactionism

• functionalism

Which perspective says that those on top have worked hard and used their abilities while those on the bottom either lack talent or motivation

• conflict

• symbolic interactionist

• functionalism

Which class includes CEO's, the average income is over two million per year, and it only includes 1% of the population

• Upper Class

• Upper Middle Class

• Bourgeoisie

• Nobility

Doctors, lawyers, owners of medium sized businesses fit into which group?

• Upper Class

• Upper Middle Class

• Middle Class

• Working Class