_________ societies usually consist of a small upper class, a larger middle class, and a sizeable lower class.

India has a _________ system in that it has a fixed arrangement of strata from the most to the least privileged, with a person's position determined unalterably at birth.

In a _________ system, social standing is determined by factors over which people can exert some control.

Members of the British upper class display a great deal of _________ because they have high levels of wealth, power, and prestige.

Secretaries, librarians, and waitresses have _________ jobs.

Generally, elite (upper-upper class), is a/an _________ status.

Members of the ________ have relatively few assets, depend heavily on their earnings to maintain their lifestyle, and emphasize respectability and reliability.

The ________ consists of tradespeople, semi-skilled operatives, and service personnel.

Deinstitutionalization of the mentally ill has resulted in an increase in the _________ population.

Jerry, an unskilled laborer, experienced ________ when he realized that membership in his class doomed all members to the same fate.

Inner-city residents who are trapped in a cycle of joblessness, deviance, crime, and welfare dependency are the _________.

The _________ perspective holds that all societies have positions that must be filled, but that vary in attractiveness, pay, and prestige.

A critique of the _________ perspective is that it assumes that everyone has an equal chance to compete for jobs of different pay and prestige.