Exam 8: Stratification: United States and Global Perspectives

If you compare people with the same level of education and similar family backgrounds,women and minority groups tend to attain the same status as white men do.

Students of social stratification often divide populations into categories of unequal size that differ in their lifestyle.These are often called:

Many people who really can't afford to obey the rules of conspicuous consumption,waste,and leisure feel compelled to do so anyway.As a result,they go into debt to maintain their wardrobes because doing so:

____ are not just political groups but,more generally,organizations that seek to impose their will on others.

The use of small hand tools to cultivate plants is known as:

If you do well on a sociology test because you studied and worked hard,this would illustrate a (n)____-based accomplishment.

The construction of the first agricultural settlements were based on:

Which of the following was NOT one of the criticisms made of Blau and Duncan's study of social stratification?

The idea that society is organized in layers or strata is called:

What reasons make class analysis so important to the study of stratification and sociology?

Explain the concept of the proletariat,according to Marx.

Weber states that to get an accurate picture of a society's stratification system,one must analyze classes,businesses,and religious groups.

The trend most responsible for the gap between the rich and poor increasing for the past fifty years is:

How is the poverty threshold determined? How is it used?

Which of the following is NOT a consequence of the changing patterns of social stratification caused by the high-tech industry?

According to Bourdieu,people acquire specific cultural tastes associated with their ____.This helps to distinguish them from people in other social positions.

Marx called members of the class that own the "means of production," such as factories,land,and tools:

A second noneconomic dimension of stratification is:

A home,a car,and some appliances are all examples of:

The percentage of Americans who fall below the poverty threshold is called: