Sociology - Social Stratification
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Question 1 of 93
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The word stratification derives from the geological concept “Strata”meaning.
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Question 2 of 93
2. Question
Social stratification is.
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Question 3 of 93
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A stratum of people of similar positions in the social status continuum are termed as.
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Question 4 of 93
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The people of the same class share for the most part.
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Question 5 of 93
5. Question
The determinants of social class are.
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Question 6 of 93
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Each social class is a subculture with a system of.
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Question 7 of 93
7. Question
socialization in children takes place.
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Question 8 of 93
8. Question
The lower class is often considered to be living in.
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Question 9 of 93
9. Question
Social relations are directly proportional to.
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Question 10 of 93
10. Question
In Society in America which early sociologist gave special attention to status distinctions and to such factors as gender and race?
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Question 11 of 93
11. Question
Which of the following argued that a capitalist society has a dominant ideology that serves the interests of the ruling class?
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Question 12 of 93
12. Question
Which of the following conducted observation research on two groups of high school males-the Saints and the Roughnecks-and concluded that social class played an important role in the varying fortunes of the two groups?
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Question 13 of 93
13. Question
Global studies indicate that one_______________ of all women have been beaten coerced into sex, or otherwise physically abused in their lifetime.
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Question 14 of 93
14. Question
Karl Marx held that a social movement the revolt of the proletariat would help workers overcome feelings of.
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Question 15 of 93
15. Question
When sociologists study the structure of layers in society and people,s movement between them they call this.
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Question 16 of 93
16. Question
Bernstein thought that using restricted codes of language disadvantaged pupils at school because.
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Question 17 of 93
17. Question
Mass-society theory suggests that.
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Question 18 of 93
18. Question
The term culture industry used by members of the Frankfurt School referred to.
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Question 19 of 93
19. Question
A social stratum is.
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Question 20 of 93
20. Question
Weber defined a class situation as.
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Question 21 of 93
21. Question
The class polarization that Marx predicted referred to.
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Question 22 of 93
22. Question
The capitalist class of the mid-twentieth century were said to join the upper class because they.
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Question 23 of 93
23. Question
The embourgeoisement thesis suggests that.
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Question 24 of 93
24. Question
Marx said that the development of the labour movement through factory-based production would turn the working class into.
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Question 25 of 93
25. Question
The term hegemony refers to.
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Question 26 of 93
26. Question
Which one of the following is NOT associated with the materialist conception of history?
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Question 27 of 93
27. Question
According to Max Weber the ideal type refers to.
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Question 28 of 93
28. Question
Which of the following is NOT associated with functionalism?
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Question 29 of 93
29. Question
Positivism is most accurately described as the belief that.
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Question 30 of 93
30. Question
Arlie Hochschild,s The Managed Heart is an influential application of.
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Question 31 of 93
31. Question
The practice of legally enforced marriage within caste is called.
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Question 32 of 93
32. Question
According to Wright some class locations are contradictory because.
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Question 33 of 93
33. Question
Which of the following does John Scott identify as belonging to the middle class?
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Question 34 of 93
34. Question
The process of turning the class concept into something measurable is called.
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Question 35 of 93
35. Question
The idea that classes vary according to their possession of cultural capital is associated with.
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Question 36 of 93
36. Question
A minority group is one that is both disadvantaged and.
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Question 37 of 93
37. Question
What is behaviour towards a group or individual which treats them differently from other groups or individuals called?
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Question 38 of 93
38. Question
What is the idea that racism pervades all of society,s structures in a systematic way called?
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Question 39 of 93
39. Question
The emergence of a consolidated network of business leadership is most compatible with which ideal-type of capitalism?
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Question 40 of 93
40. Question
Stratified sample falls under.
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Question 41 of 93
41. Question
According to peter Saunders in modem societies stratification depends on.
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Question 42 of 93
42. Question
A system in which people have great difficulty changing their status is called a(n)
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Question 43 of 93
43. Question
“The division between the bourgeoisie and the proletariat is the key to stratification in capitalist societies”This statement is consistent with the thinking of which theorist?
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Question 44 of 93
44. Question
Economic standing includes.
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Question 45 of 93
45. Question
Social inequality is a structured aspect of contemporary life That means that.
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Question 46 of 93
46. Question
Which method of identifying social classes views social class as a statistical category formed by sociologists or statisticians or statisticians on the basis of income occupation education or some combination of these?
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Question 47 of 93
47. Question
In identifying social classes the reputational method is best suited for investigating social distinctions in.
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Question 48 of 93
48. Question
Life chances are.
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Question 49 of 93
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“Underclass”refers to.
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Question 50 of 93
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Critics of the culture of poverty thesis point out that.
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Question 51 of 93
51. Question
Which of the following is true regarding social mobility?
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Question 52 of 93
52. Question
Carolyn supported her family by working as an administrative assistant She also attended law school and passed the bar she took a job with a small firm specializing in family law Carolyn experienced.
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Question 53 of 93
53. Question
What is the term used to describe the stages from one,s birth into a family with a specific status through formation of a new family unit?
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Question 54 of 93
54. Question
According to functionalists society must be concerned with motivation because the duties associated with various statuses.
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Question 55 of 93
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The conflict theory holds that stratification exists because.
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Question 56 of 93
56. Question
Martha and Susan work at the local factory ten hours a day five days a week They make the minimum wage with no overtime pay insurance or benefits One day they discuss their situations over lunch and express frustration over the fact that they never seem to make enough money to “get ahead”By the end of the conversation they have motivated each other to volunteer to work on Sundays They figure that if they work just a little harder they will make enough money to increase their social status Marx would say these women are demonstrating.
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Question 57 of 93
57. Question
Which of the following is true regarding the functionalist and conflict theories of social stratification?
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Question 58 of 93
58. Question
A social system in which social position is fixed for a lifetime What type of social stratification does this describe?
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Question 59 of 93
59. Question
Which one of the following does not apply to social class systems?
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Question 60 of 93
60. Question
A social class is a group of people who stand in a common relationship to the means of production Whose perspective does this definition describe?
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Question 61 of 93
61. Question
Which of the following social groups do occupational class schemes not have difficulty accommodating?
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Question 62 of 93
62. Question
What term is used to describe the way that the varied aspects of an individual,s identity-such as class ethnicity gender disability and location -interact to produce complex patterns of inequality poverty and discrimination?
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Question 63 of 93
63. Question
Pierre Bourdieu,s theoretical perspective makes use of the concept of capital Which of the following is not part of his scheme?
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Question 64 of 93
64. Question
What term is used to describe the movement of individuals up or down the social scale during the course of their working lives?
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Question 65 of 93
65. Question
Which of these statements does not reflect the conventional position in class analysis?
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Question 66 of 93
66. Question
Which of these research projects would count as intersectional? A comparative study of employment based on.
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Question 67 of 93
67. Question
A system of stratification where positions are partly achieved and mobility is common is one based on.
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Question 68 of 93
68. Question
Which of the following is NOT a feature of all socially stratified systems?
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Question 69 of 93
69. Question
The practice of legally enforced marriage within caste is called.
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Question 70 of 93
70. Question
According to Wright some class locations are contradictory because.
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Question 71 of 93
71. Question
The process of turning the class concept into something measurable is called.
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Question 72 of 93
72. Question
The idea that classes vary according to their possession of cultural capital is associated with.
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Question 73 of 93
73. Question
The kuznets hypothesis states that as economic development proceeds inequality.
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Question 74 of 93
74. Question
In modern societies social status is typically measured by a person,s.
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Question 75 of 93
75. Question
Traditional working class identity was based around.
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Question 76 of 93
76. Question
Goldthorpe identified the Service class as.
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Question 77 of 93
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The middle classes that developed over the nineteenth century were.
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Question 78 of 93
78. Question
The must extreme form of legalized social inequality for individuals or groups is.
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Question 79 of 93
79. Question
The caste system is generally associated with.
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Question 80 of 93
80. Question
In Karl Marx,s view the destruction of the capitalist system will occur only if the working class first develops.
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Question 81 of 93
81. Question
Which of the following are viewed by sociologists as analytically distinct components of stratification?
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Question 82 of 93
82. Question
The intellectual tradition at the heart of conflict theory begins principally with the work of.
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Question 83 of 93
83. Question
Which sociological perspective argues that stratification is universal and that social inequality is necessary so that people will be motivated to fill socially important positions?
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Question 84 of 93
84. Question
__________ refers to the reputation that a specific person has earned within an occupation.
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Question 85 of 93
85. Question
Sociological studies of colonialism suggest that.
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Question 86 of 93
86. Question
A plumber whose father was a physician is an example of.
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Question 87 of 93
87. Question
A film star whose parents were both factory workers illustrates.
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Question 88 of 93
88. Question
Which sociological perspective emphasizes that the relationship between females and males has been one of unequal power with men in a dominant position over women?
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Question 89 of 93
89. Question
Which sociological perspective makes the distinction between instrumental and expressive roles?
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Question 90 of 93
90. Question
In studying gender stratification which sociological perspective typically focuses on the micro level of everyday behaviour such as cross-sex conversation?
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Question 91 of 93
91. Question
Which sociological perspective acknowledges that it is not possible to change gender drastically without dramatic revisions in a culture,s social structure?
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Question 92 of 93
92. Question
Which of the following statements about the status of women around the world is correct?
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Question 93 of 93
93. Question
Which field of study was originally developed in the 1930s as an increasing number of social scientists became aware of the plight of the elderly?
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