In the United States, people with extreme wealth make up 1% of the population. This group is know as the _____ class.

In the United States, the ________ class is broken into upper and lower subcategories?

PJ is a street cleaner. Her father was a street cleaner. PJ had no choice in her occupation. It was assigned to her at birth. This is an example of a ______ _______.

Dr. Jones, a surgeon, gets paid $200,000 a year. Mr. Smith, a bus driver, gets paid $40,000 a year. This is an exmaple of the Davis-Moore Thesis.

_______ _______ is society’s grouping of individuals into a hierarchy based on things like money, power, educational attainment, race/ethnicity.

Peter feels that as a doctor, he is more important than his brother, Greg, who works in construction. Peter's ideas are in line with which theoretical perspective?

Private job agencies often pay lower hourly wages than government agencies. Cindy believes this is unfair. Cindy is a researcher and she is studying this from which sociological perspective?

Sociologists use the term _______ _______ to describe the consistency, or lack thereof, of an individual’s rank across income, education, and occupation.

Name an ideal system in which personal effort—or merit—determines social standing.

Which theoretical perspective is most critical of social stratification?

Chandler is dating a woman named Harriet. They have the same level of income and work in the same law firm. They decide to get married. This is an example of a _______ .

People who work full-time can still be poor.

Bobby wants a new set of golf clubs because everyone he plays golf with has the same new set. He doesn't need a new set as his old clubs are just fine. However, to improve his social standing, he feels he must buy the new set of clubs. This is an example of ________ consumption.

Status consistency refers to unions of spouses from the same social category.