Name: ______Period: ______

Chapters8-10: Social Inequalities

Goals

Explain the relationship between stratification and social class

Compare and contrast the three dimensions of stratification

State the differences among the three major perspectives on social stratification and discrimination

Identify the distinguishing characteristics of the major social classes in America

Discuss social mobility in the United States

Describe what sociologists mean by the terms minority, race, ethnicity, sex, gender, and gender identity

Discuss patterns of minority relations

Discuss the difference between prejudice and discrimination

Vocabulary

social stratification

social class

income

wealth

power

prestige

social mobility

horizontal mobility

vertical mobility

caste system

open-class system

minority

race

ethnicity

assimilation

Anglo-conformity

melting pot

tossed salad

cultural pluralism

accommodation

genocide

population transfer

subjugation

de jure segregation

de facto segregation

prejudice

racism

discrimination

hate crime

stereotype

sex

biological determinism

gender identity

gender socialization

age stratification

ageism

Dimensions of Stratification:


Social Stratification: division of society into ______with ______amounts of:

View the list of professions and rank them from 1-12 by which is most prestigious

Doctor

Real Estate Agent

Scientist

Farmer

Actor/actress

Military officer

Firefighter

Banker

Teacher

Journalist

Priest

Professional athlete

Walk around the room and list all of the professions that were ranked among the top three by one person and also ranked among the bottom three by someone else.

Social Classes and Mobility:

What is typical in the United States?______

Review

  1. Match the dimensions of stratifications with the examples below. Use (W) for wealth, (PO) for power and (PR) for prestige.

  1. The respect doctors have
  2. Political votes
  3. The Nobel Peace Prize
  4. Stock market holdings
  5. A Supreme Court ruling
  6. Real estate assets

  1. Explain the relationship between social stratification and social class.
  2. Identify which major perspectives describes the examples below. Choose from functionalism, control theory or symbolic interactionism.
  3. Corporate executives make more money because they decide who gets what in their organizations.
  4. Engineers make more money than butlers because of their education.
  5. Poor children have low self-esteem
  6. Which class is the largest segment of society?
  7. True or False: A waiter who becomes a taxi driver is an example of vertical mobility.
  8. Why is the United States NOT a completely open-class system?

Inequalities of Race, Ethnicity, Gender, Religion & Age

THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES ON INEQUALITY

Concept / Functionalism / Conflict Theory / Symbolic Interactionism
Stratification
8.2
(Racial)
Discrimination
9.3
Gender
10.2
Ageism
10.4

Review

  1. What is the difference between race and ethnicity?
  2. How is gender different from sex?
  3. True or False: Researchers investigating behavioral differences between the sexes have now proven that several significant behaviors have a biological cause.
  4. Can you hold a prejudice for a group without discriminating against that group? Why or why not?
  5. Why do you think most stereotypes are negative? Can you think of any positive stereotypes?
  6. Why does conflict exist between some minority groups (life African Americans and Latinos) but not between other groups (like the elderly and women)?
  7. Identify which major perspectives describes the examples below. Choose from functionalism, control theory or symbolic interactionism.
  8. Ageism results in part from an oversupply of labor.
  9. Young people are uncomfortable around older people.
  10. Women are expected to perform household tasks for the benefit of society.
  11. Few females believe they can become scientists.
  12. The stigma attached to aging promotes a low self-concept among older people.
  13. Women are denied high status occupations for the benefit of men.
  14. Ageism is associated with industrialization.
  15. Older people are stereotyped.
  16. Ageism exists in part because older workers are inefficient.
  17. What can minorities do to increase their impact on government policy and legislation?
  18. What can minorities do to increase their economic power?
  19. Answer the following questions about the Sneetches movie:
  20. Which of the four types of assimilation did the Sneetches use?
  21. Did the Sneetches use segregation? If yes, was it de facto or de jure segregation?