David Brearley H.S.

Chapter 10: Social Class TEST REVIEW SHEET

This is a 15 point assignment. Write a response to each of the following items.

1. define social class

2. define wealth in sociological terms.

3. what is the primary dimension of social class?

4. define income sociologically.

5. Discuss the distribution of property among Americans.

6. Who makes up the most affluent group in the US?

7. How is poverty calculated?

8. In terms of numbers, which ethnic group makes up the majority of the poor in the US?

9. Which group of people are most likely to experience poverty today?

10. Which group has the highest ratio of poverty (in terms of ethnic descent)

11. Explain what the text says about delayed gratification?

12. How do conflict theorists explain analyze the welfare system?

13. Which social class do most US Presidents come from?

14. Explain status inconsistency.

15. Rank occupations with the highest prestige. Rank those with the lowest prestige.

16. How can you tell the likelihood of a person being a political liberal or conservative?

17. Know Gilbert and Kahl’s six-class model of class structure.

18. How are anomie and status inconsistency related?

19. Know the approximate percentages of the US population recognized by Kahl and Gilbert in each class.

20. Be able to pick out members of a specified class when given descriptions of people.

21. What explanation is given by sociologists to explain why the lower class seems to have worse mental health than upper class?

22. Describe the correlation between social class and being a crime victim.

23. How does social class affect one’s political choices?

24. Define intergenerational mobility.

25. Define structural mobility.

26. What advice do most working class people give their daughters whom they want to see become a professional about marriage and education?

27. Explain the differences between rural and urban areas in terms of how people from them are skilled and educated.