Exam 8: Stratification and Social Mobility in the United States

A stratification system that implies that the position of each individual is influenced by the person's achieved status is referred to as a(n)

A woman who was born and raised in a poor family becomes a regional supervisor for the U.S. Postal Service. She has experienced

Every evening at a neighborhood bar, the clientele, which consists of construction workers, police officers, plumbers, and factory workers, watches sports events on the big screen television set and play pool. The people who hang out in this bar are an example of a

Which sociological perspective would be most likely to argue that most talented people would not go to school for many years to become biochemists if they could make as much money and gain as much respect working as elevator operators?

Describe how Lenski's view of stratification can represent a synthesis of the conflict and functionalist views of stratification and poverty.

An individual's salary and wages are referred to as

An inner-city youth spends many hours in the neighborhood playground shooting baskets on the basketball court and engaging in every game that he can play. His skills become outstanding, and he receives a college scholarship and then signs a lucrative contract to play in the National Basketball Association. This is an example of

The federal tax policies of the last four decades, especially in the 1980s and in the ten years from 2001 to 2010, have favored

Which of the following terms did Karl Marx use to refer to an attitude held by members of a class that does not accurately reflect the class's objective position?

Discuss the controversies surrounding the proposed increase in the minimum wage in the U.S.

A condition in which members of a society have different amounts of wealth, prestige, or power is called

A family lives in a remote area of Appalachia, where coal mines that once employed many workers have been idle for years. There are no jobs in the area, the distant schools are poorly funded, and because of the remote location, there are no churches or medical facilities nearby. These poor, chronically unemployed people who barely survive from winter to winter are an example of

Which sociologist has identified a number of social, economic, and political functions that the poor perform for society (e.g., poor people do society's dirty work at low cost; poverty creates jobs for those in occupations serving the poor; the existence of poor people guarantees the higher status of the more affluent)?

Even if stratification is inevitable, the functionalist explanation for differential rewards does not explain the wide disparity between the rich and the poor.

Max Weber referred to people's opportunities to provide themselves with material goods, positive living conditions, and favorable experiences as

In Karl Marx's view of class conscious workers in revolt, who will guide the working class in its struggle?

The fact that an unemployed coal miner in Appalachia has a higher standard of living than a doctor in Congo illustrates the idea that

Which of the following is an example of absolute poverty?

Which of the following terms is used by sociologists for a structured ranking of groups of people that perpetuates unequal economic rewards and power in society?

The concentration of wealth in the U.S. has decreased substantially in the last two decades.