SOC 202 Exam 2 NCSU Study Guide Questions And 100%Accurate Answers.

Social Class - Answer the social structural position that groups hold relative to the economic, social, political, and cultural resources of society How is class measured? - Answer By socioeconomic status - income, occupational prestige, educational attainment Life chances - Answer Opportunities people have in common by virtue of belonging to a particular class Caste System - Answer Ascribed status Class Consciousness - Answer Marx's term for awareness of a common identity based on one's position in the means of production (Shared perceived life chance) Educational Attainment - Answer Total years of formal education Feminization of Poverty - Answer The increasing concentration of poverty among women, especially unmarried women and their children (head of household, wage gap) Ideology - Answer A system of ideas and ideals, especially one that forms the basis of economic or political theory and policy. Meritocracy - Answer a system in which one's status is based on merit or accomplishments, not other social characteristics Social Mobility - Answer Movement from one social class to another Networth - Answer Wealth-Debt