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___________refers to a society’s categorization of its people into rankings of socioeconomic tiers based on factors like wealth, income, race, education, and power.

___________________ labeling is using a deviant identity to predict a person’s future actions.

___________________ is a social position that a person holds.

___________ is the belief that members of separate races possess different and unequal traits.

An ________group is a social group toward which a person feels a sense of competition or opposition.

_____________ refers to the personal traits and social positions that members of a society attach to being female or male.

Sociologists use the term ___________________ to refer to any of the full range of socially defined positions within a large group or society, from the lowest to the highest position.

____________ people live according to the gender roles of their preferred gender, rather than their biological sex.

_________ is a shared cultural heritage.

A _____________ system is a social ranking based primarily on economic position in which achieved characteristics can influence social mobility.