SOCL 2001 Exam 3 LSU Nana Asiamah
Practice Questions and Answers.
social stratification - Answer the existence of structured inequalities between groups in
society in terms of their access to material or symbolic rewards.
most distinctive form of stratification - Answer class division
characteristic of social stratification - Answer rankings apply to social categories of people
who share a common characteristic, such as gender or ethnicity
characteristic of social stratification - Answer people's life experiences and opportunities
depend heavily on how their social category is ranked
characteristic of social stratification - Answer the ranks of different social categories tend to
change very slowly over time
slavery - Answer form of social stratification in which some people are owned by others as
their property
systems of slave labor - Answer tend to be unstable because they are not economically
efficient due to the levels of supervision and punishment involved
caste system - Answer social system in which one's social status is held for life
endogamy - Answer the forbidding of marriage or sexual relations outside one's social group
class - Answer socioeconomic variations among groups of individuals that create variations
in their material prosperity and power
life chances - Answer a term introduced by Max Weber to signify a person's opportunities for
achieving economic prosperity. class is a powerful influence on what happens in our lives, it is
not completely determining
ways class systems differ from slavery - Answer - fluid
- positions are partly achieved
- economically based
, - large scale and impersonal
decrease in inequality - Answer economic expansion in industrial societies post WWII era
since 1970s.. - Answer inequality has been increasing
means of production - Answer the means whereby the production of material goods is
carried on in a society, including not just technology but also the social relations between
producers
bourgeoisie - Answer people who own companies, land, or stocks (shares) and use these to
generate economic returns
proletariat - Answer people who sell their labor for wages, according to Marx
exploitative - Answer the relationship between classes
surplus value - Answer in Marxist theory, the value of a worker's labor power left over when
an employer has repaid the cost of hiring the worker
communism - Answer a social system based on everyone owning the means of production
and sharing in the wealth it produces
Weber's theory - Answer class divisions derive from both one's relationship to the control of
the means of production as well as economic differences that are unrelated to property, such as
skills and credentials
status - Answer the social honor or prestige a particular group is accorded by other members
of a society
pariah groups - Answer groups who suffer from negative status discrimination—they are
looked down on by most other members of society
power - Answer the ability of individuals or the members of a group to achieve aims or
further the interests they hold. power is a pervasive element in all human relationships
Kingsley Davis and Wilbert E. Moore - Answer argued that social stratification and social
inequality are functional because they ensure that the most qualified people, attracted by the
Practice Questions and Answers.
social stratification - Answer the existence of structured inequalities between groups in
society in terms of their access to material or symbolic rewards.
most distinctive form of stratification - Answer class division
characteristic of social stratification - Answer rankings apply to social categories of people
who share a common characteristic, such as gender or ethnicity
characteristic of social stratification - Answer people's life experiences and opportunities
depend heavily on how their social category is ranked
characteristic of social stratification - Answer the ranks of different social categories tend to
change very slowly over time
slavery - Answer form of social stratification in which some people are owned by others as
their property
systems of slave labor - Answer tend to be unstable because they are not economically
efficient due to the levels of supervision and punishment involved
caste system - Answer social system in which one's social status is held for life
endogamy - Answer the forbidding of marriage or sexual relations outside one's social group
class - Answer socioeconomic variations among groups of individuals that create variations
in their material prosperity and power
life chances - Answer a term introduced by Max Weber to signify a person's opportunities for
achieving economic prosperity. class is a powerful influence on what happens in our lives, it is
not completely determining
ways class systems differ from slavery - Answer - fluid
- positions are partly achieved
- economically based
, - large scale and impersonal
decrease in inequality - Answer economic expansion in industrial societies post WWII era
since 1970s.. - Answer inequality has been increasing
means of production - Answer the means whereby the production of material goods is
carried on in a society, including not just technology but also the social relations between
producers
bourgeoisie - Answer people who own companies, land, or stocks (shares) and use these to
generate economic returns
proletariat - Answer people who sell their labor for wages, according to Marx
exploitative - Answer the relationship between classes
surplus value - Answer in Marxist theory, the value of a worker's labor power left over when
an employer has repaid the cost of hiring the worker
communism - Answer a social system based on everyone owning the means of production
and sharing in the wealth it produces
Weber's theory - Answer class divisions derive from both one's relationship to the control of
the means of production as well as economic differences that are unrelated to property, such as
skills and credentials
status - Answer the social honor or prestige a particular group is accorded by other members
of a society
pariah groups - Answer groups who suffer from negative status discrimination—they are
looked down on by most other members of society
power - Answer the ability of individuals or the members of a group to achieve aims or
further the interests they hold. power is a pervasive element in all human relationships
Kingsley Davis and Wilbert E. Moore - Answer argued that social stratification and social
inequality are functional because they ensure that the most qualified people, attracted by the
