A ________ Is a Ranking Reflecting One's Relative Prestige Within

question 67

Multiple Choice

A ________ is a ranking reflecting one's relative prestige within a social system and reflects the three components of social status - income, education, and occupation - as well as related facets such as home value and area of residence, possessions, interests, and recreation.

• A) friendship group
• B) celebrity status
• C) household
• D) work group
• E) social class

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Definitions:

Mesosystem

In bioecological systems theory, the relations and interactions among microsystems.

Exosystem

In bioecological systems theory, social settings in which an individual does not participate but has an indirect influence on development.

Macrosystem

In bioecological systems theory, the sociohistorical context—cultural values, laws, and societal norms and values—in which the microsystem, mesosystem, and exosystem are embedded, posing indirect influences on individuals.

Classical Conditioning

A conditioning approach where pairing two stimuli repeatedly results in a response that, though initially evoked by the second stimulus, is later elicited solely by the first stimulus.