Round 10: Tossup 5

People whose traits produce this concept inconsistently may face psychic stress and favor reformist political parties, according to Gerhard Lenski. Cecilia Ridgeway adapted expectation states theory into a theory of this concept’s “construction” that she uses to model gender inequality. In a dichotomy proposed by Ralph Linton, this concept is merited in its “achieved” form and innate in its “ascribed” form. Class, party, and this (*) concept comprise the three components of Max Weber’s theory of stratification. In many social science studies, a form of this concept is denoted by a three-letter acronym that one tries to control for via variables like income and education level. That acronym is SES. (10[2])For 10 points, (10[1])luxury (10[1])goods exemplify namesake “symbols” of what concept, a person’s perceived social value? ■END■

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