Social Structure and Class Structure

1. What is the function of social class structure?
   • Separation of social class
2. What conflict naturally exists between social class structures?
   • The oppressors control the oppressed and it’s difficult to change your social status
3. What symbols do we associate with the various social class structures in our society?
   • Climbing the ladder, food, champagne
4. How would you change the social class structure?
   • Make it more equal

1. What is the difference between ascribed and achieved status as discussed in this video?
   • Your ascribed status is what you are born with and your achieved status are all of the things you can achieve
2. For each of the following class distinctions, give examples from the video that define each class. Then remark if those characteristics are still true for 2013.
   a. Upper Class- better paying jobs, bigger houses, more educated
   b.  Middle Class- steady paying job, pretty well educated
   c.  Lower Class-not very good paying jobs, less educated

-All of these are pretty relevant to the classes today, they probably always will be as long as the class system exists, and most people never venture too far from the class they were born into.