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WU SOC 101 Chap 8
WU SOC 101 Chap 8 Furbush
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What three elements separate people by social class? | Property, Power, Prestige |
| What is social class? | Large group of people ranked bu their property, power, & prestige |
| Property | Includes buildings, land, animals, machinary, cars, stocks, bonds, businesses, jewelry, bank accounts |
| Wealth | Determined by adding up the value of someone's property and subtracting their debts |
| Income | Flow of money |
| Distribution of Property in the US | Most wealth--75% of it--is owned by 10% of the nation's families; 1% of Americans own 1/3 of the nation's wealth |
| Distribution of income in the US | The top 20% of the population recieves over 1/2 of all the income in the US; the bottom 20% recieve 3.4% of the nation's income |
| What is the Average US family income? | $60,000 |
| How much do the US CEOs make? | Median range of $9,300,000 a year |
| What is power? | The ability to get your way despite resistance |
| What is the Democractic Facade? | The idea that Americans do have power through their elected officials |
| According to C. Wright Mills, who makes big decisions in the US? | The Power elite |
| What is occupational prestige? | respect or regard for people based on their occupations |
| What are 4 features of occupational prestige? | Pay more; require more education; involve more abtract thought; offer greater independance & self-direction |
| Examples of Prestige display | Military salutes President enters room last People stand when judge enters a room |
| Status Symbols | Displays of prestige--expensive jewelry, designer clothing, big yachts, ivy league colleges |
| Status Inconsistency | When people have a mixture of high & low ranks eg college professors--high prestige but lower pay |
| Status | Person's place in a social group |
| Weber's Updated Social Classes | Capitalist Class, Upper Middle Class, Lower Middle Class, Working Class, Working Poor, Underclass |
| How did George W. Bush's social class impact his life? | Private schools, Ivy League College, Political connections, Texas Governor, US President |
| How does social class impact people's lives? | The higher the class--the better physical & mental health, better/stable family life, more access to education, influences what religion you are, influences your political beliefs, and your punishment in the CJ system. |
| Social Mobility | The opportunity to move up or down in social classes |
| The working poor and underclass make up __________________ of the US population. | 1/5 or 60 million people |
| Poverty Line | measure set by US government to measure who is poor, set at if its takes 1/3 of your income for food; can be inaccurate b/c it doesn't take into account factors like cost of living in different regions& also poor people only spend 20% of income on food |
| What region of the country has more poor people? | South (look at map on page 231) |
| What are some predictors of poverty? | Race-Ethnity--minorities more likely to be poorer; Education--the more education the less likely to be poor, families headed by women(single parent) |
| How many children live in poverty in the US? | 21 million--1 out of 7 Asian Americans, 1 out 6 for whites, and 1 out of 3 for Latino & African Americans |
| What is the biggest reason children are in poverty? | Large number of births to women who are not married--about 1.7 million a year; 8 out of 20 children born to single mother |
| What is the culture of poverty? Why don't sociologist like this explanation? | Assumption that poverty is a result of the values & behaviors of the poor; some sociologist feel this idea blames the poor for their circumstances |
| What are poverty triggers? | Events that result in short term poverty like divorce, loss of job, birth of child |
| Theories: Why are people poor? | Social Stucture: features of society deny some people access to education & job skills Characteristics of Individuals--laziness, lack of intelligence Poverty Triggers like l9oss of job, divorce |
| How does the Horatio Alger myth affect poverty in the US? | People believe in the idea that opportunities are limitless in US makes people look to themselves & not others for their success & encouages reaching for the stars. Others say it keeps perpetuates the circumstances of social class |
| How does your social class impact your life and the way you see the world? |
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