SOC 202 Exam 2 Study Guide – NCSU Shriver.
1. Social Class the social structural position that groups hold relative to the
economic, social,
political, and cultural resources of society
2. How is class
mea- sured? By socioeconomic status - income, occupational prestige, educational
attain- ment
3. Life chances Opportunities people have in common by virtue of belonging to a
particular
class
4. Caste System Ascribed status
5. Class Consciousness Marx's term for awareness of a common identity based on one's
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position in
the means of production (Shared perceived life chance)
6. Educational
Attain- ment Total years of formal education
7. Feminization
of Poverty The increasing concentration of poverty among women, especially
unmarried women and their children (head of household, wage
gap)
8. Ideology A system of ideas and ideals, especially one that forms the basis of
economic
or political theory and policy.
9. Meritocracy a system in which one's status is based on merit or
accomplishments, not
other social characteristics
10. Social Mobility Movement from one social class to another
11. Networth Wealth-Debt
12. Marx's Analysis of So- Bourgeoisie and Proletariat (capitalist and working class); Means of
pro-
cial Class - Conflict duction; Class consciousness' False Consciousness; Maintain stratification
Perspective
though ideology and control or resources
13. Urban
Underclass
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1. Social Class the social structural position that groups hold relative to the
economic, social,
political, and cultural resources of society
2. How is class
mea- sured? By socioeconomic status - income, occupational prestige, educational
attain- ment
3. Life chances Opportunities people have in common by virtue of belonging to a
particular
class
4. Caste System Ascribed status
5. Class Consciousness Marx's term for awareness of a common identity based on one's
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9
, SOC 202 Exam 2 Study Guide – NCSU Shriver.
position in
the means of production (Shared perceived life chance)
6. Educational
Attain- ment Total years of formal education
7. Feminization
of Poverty The increasing concentration of poverty among women, especially
unmarried women and their children (head of household, wage
gap)
8. Ideology A system of ideas and ideals, especially one that forms the basis of
economic
or political theory and policy.
9. Meritocracy a system in which one's status is based on merit or
accomplishments, not
other social characteristics
10. Social Mobility Movement from one social class to another
11. Networth Wealth-Debt
12. Marx's Analysis of So- Bourgeoisie and Proletariat (capitalist and working class); Means of
pro-
cial Class - Conflict duction; Class consciousness' False Consciousness; Maintain stratification
Perspective
though ideology and control or resources
13. Urban
Underclass
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