Exam 8: Social Stratification

Discuss the views of Davis and Moore on social stratification, making a case for agreement or disagreement with them.

According to the textbook, which common effect do advertising and planned obsolescence both produce?

Gina is a talented jazz pianist, but cannot make a living playing music.She works at a tax office full time and only plays for her friends at home.Is piano playing part of Gina's human capital?

The homeless are an extreme manifestation of an unequal income distribution.

Explain the difference between wealth and income.Which has a greater influence on inequality?

Functionalists justify social inequality by the length and cost of training necessary for some occupations.

According to the textbook, which behaviour by the powerful signals weakness?

Which of the following refers to the organization of society into a hierarchical structure?

Barbara believes that poor people cannot help their situations because they have been taught low self-esteem, low motivation, instant gratification, and no proper work ethic as children.Which of the following explanations does her thinking represent?

According to culture-of-poverty reasoning, which of the following causes poverty?

In seventeenth-century Britain, landowners turned cropland into pastures and drove peasants off the land.Which of the following did this change benefit?

Why does Canada have no statistics on the number of poor people?

According to the textbook, which of the following factors of employment income is social capital most closely associated with?

The Canadian educational system is increasingly differentiated and therefore increasingly able to help reduce inequality.

Discuss the ways that human, social, and cultural capital influence societal rewards.

Tracy is a high-school math teacher who offers free study sessions in the afternoons.Although they are open to all students, she notices that mostly students of lower socioeconomic background attend them.For Tracy's students, to which of the following do these study sessions contribute?

How has Jackie Siegel, portrayed in the documentary The Queen of Versailles, achieved upward mobility?

Jocelyn has been brought up to believe that Canadians pay taxes in order to take care of members of society who are not able to care for themselves.What idea do her views represent?

Define classes, status groups, and parties, according to Weber.Give one example of each.

Support for which of the following is most likely to be a manifestation of workers' class consciousness?