Stratification and Mobility

Match the type of mobility term with the appropriate description

• Social

• between or within social classes

• Horizontal

• an individual moves within a social class

• Intragenerational

• • social status changes during one individual’s’ life

• Intergenerational

• • social status differs between generations in the same family

• Vertical

• •  an individual moves from one social class to another

What is Social Stratification?

• A system by which society categorizes people.

• A system by which society unites people.

• A system by which government categorizes people.

• A system by which the church categorizes people.

All the wealth, investments, deeded and titled properties, and other tangible sources of income is known as...

• prestige

• popularity

• property

• power

The unequal sharing of scarce resources and social rewards is known as...

• Social Inequality

• Social Stratification

• Exogamy

• Bourgeoisie

A Social Class is...

• a grouping of people with similar levels of wealth, power, and prestige

• a social structure in which classes are determined by ascribed status.

• social structures in which classes are determined by achieved status.

• division of society into categories, ranks, or classes

Wealth is...

• made up of assets - the value of everything a person owns - and income - money earned through salaries, investment returns, or other capital gains.

• the ability to control the behavior of others, with or without their consent.

• respect, honor, recognition, or courtesy an individual receives from other members of society

• the greatest thing ever

The ability to control the behavior of others, with or without their consent is...

• Power

• Prestige

• Wealth

• incorruptible

The Poverty Level is...

• the minimum annual income needed by a family to survive

• 2/3 of the median household income

• tied to the unemployment rate

• consistent across cultures

Poverty is...

• a standard of living that is below the minimum level considered adequate by society

• the minimum annual income needed by a family to survive

• consistent across cultures.

• the result of unemployment

From this perspective, stratification exists so that the most qualified people fill the most important positions and the least qualified people fill the other positions

• Functionalism

• Conflict

• Symbolic Interactionism