Question 1

According to research, what do Canadians think about inequality in their society?

Accepted Answer

Research on Canadian attitudes towards i

Question 2

What is the key difference between a relationship based on power and one based on authority?

Accepted Answer

A) moral consent 
B) moral complacency 
C) use of force 
D) prohibition of the use of force 
A) moral consent 
B) moral complacency 
C) use of force 
D) prohibition of the use of force

Question 3

Which of the following categories of Canadians has experienced increasing prevalence of low income since the mid-1990s?

Accepted Answer

A) children in single-parent families 
B) children in intact families 
C) youths 
D) seniors 
A) children in single-parent families 
B) children in intact families 
C) youths 
D) seniors

Question 4

Compare absolute and relative definitions of poverty.Which do you prefer and why?

Accepted Answer

The absolute definition of poverty refer

Question 5

According to Weber, which of the following terms refers to the ability to get one's own way, despite resistance?

Accepted Answer

A) class 
B) status 
C) stratification 
D) power 
A) class 
B) status 
C) stratification 
D) power

Question 6

Libby is looking back over her career, comparing her midlife occupation with her parents' occupations before they both retired.What is she examining?

Accepted Answer

A) horizontal mobility 
B) cyclical mobility 
C) intergenerational mobility 
D) intragenerational mobility 
A) horizontal mobility 
B) cyclical mobility 
C) intergenerational mobility 
D) intragenerational mobility

Question 7

Which of the following terms is used by sociologists today to refer to the class of supervisors and managers who take direction from the owners and give direction to the workers?

Accepted Answer

A) nouveau riche 
B) petite bourgeoisie 
C) new middle class 
D) lumpen-proletariat 
A) nouveau riche 
B) petite bourgeoisie 
C) new middle class 
D) lumpen-proletariat

Question 8

One of the myths of poverty is that people are poor because they do not want to work.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

What factors influence the level of rewards one is able to derive from work?

Accepted Answer

Several factors can influence the level

Question 10

According to the textbook, why might redistributive policies such as progressive income tax not have much effect on the roots of economic inequality?

Accepted Answer

A) Because they have little effect on the rich. 
B) Because they have little effect on the distribution of wealth. 
C) Because they have little effect on the distribution of income. 
D) Because they have little effect on the poor. 
A) Because they have little effect on the rich. 
B) Because they have little effect on the distribution of wealth. 
C) Because they have little effect on the distribution of income. 
D) Because they have little effect on the poor.

Question 11

Intragenerational mobility refers to the comparison of one person's occupation to her or his parents' occupations.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Approximately what percentage of Canadians who experienced poverty during one year are able to bring themselves out of poverty over a two-year period?

Accepted Answer

A) 90 percent 
B) 75 percent 
C) 50 percent 
D) 25 percent 
A) 90 percent 
B) 75 percent 
C) 50 percent 
D) 25 percent

Question 13

According to functionalist theory, which of the following is the ideal determinant of socioeconomic status?

Accepted Answer

A) social capital 
B) economic capital 
C) ascription 
D) achievement 
A) social capital 
B) economic capital 
C) ascription 
D) achievement

Question 14

How has quintile distribution of income in Canada changed between 1976 and 2010?

Accepted Answer

A) All quintiles except the top one earned a smaller share. 
B) All quintiles except the bottom one earned a larger share. 
C) All quintiles except the top one earned a larger share. 
D) All quintiles except the bottom one earned a smaller share. 
A) All quintiles except the top one earned a smaller share. 
B) All quintiles except the bottom one earned a larger share. 
C) All quintiles except the top one earned a larger share. 
D) All quintiles except the bottom one earned a smaller share.

Question 15

Mr.Bigby owns a large boat sail manufacturing plant and employs 89 people, while he spends time mountaineering with friends.Which of the following terms characterizes Mr.Bigby?

Accepted Answer

A) lumpen-proletariat 
B) proletariat 
C) petite-bourgeoisie 
D) bourgeoisie 
A) lumpen-proletariat 
B) proletariat 
C) petite-bourgeoisie 
D) bourgeoisie

Question 16

The "culture of poverty" provides an individual-level explanation of poverty.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

According to the textbook, which of the following is the main feature of power?

Accepted Answer

A) It is a social relationship. 
B) It is "all or nothing." 
C) It rests on moral consent. 
D) It is based on notions of legitimacy. 
A) It is a social relationship. 
B) It is "all or nothing." 
C) It rests on moral consent. 
D) It is based on notions of legitimacy.

Question 18

Ms.Collins owns a large boat sail manufacturing plant and employs 89 people, while she spends time mountaineering with friends.Which of the following terms characterizes Ms.Collins's 89 workers?

Accepted Answer

A) lumpen-proletariat 
B) proletariat 
C) petite-bourgeoisie 
D) bourgeoisie 
A) lumpen-proletariat 
B) proletariat 
C) petite-bourgeoisie 
D) bourgeoisie

Question 19

Chase and Riela are attempting to figure out their situation by subtracting what they still owe on their possessions from what all the possessions are worth.Which of the following are they trying to calculate?

Accepted Answer

A) income 
B) wealth 
C) social class 
D) caste 
A) income 
B) wealth 
C) social class 
D) caste

Question 20

Compare human-capital and social-capital explanations of income inequality.

Accepted Answer

Human-capital and social-capital explana

Exam 8: Social Stratification

According to research, what do Canadians think about inequality in their society?

What is the key difference between a relationship based on power and one based on authority?

Which of the following categories of Canadians has experienced increasing prevalence of low income since the mid-1990s?

Compare absolute and relative definitions of poverty.Which do you prefer and why?

According to Weber, which of the following terms refers to the ability to get one's own way, despite resistance?

Libby is looking back over her career, comparing her midlife occupation with her parents' occupations before they both retired.What is she examining?

Which of the following terms is used by sociologists today to refer to the class of supervisors and managers who take direction from the owners and give direction to the workers?

One of the myths of poverty is that people are poor because they do not want to work.

What factors influence the level of rewards one is able to derive from work?

According to the textbook, why might redistributive policies such as progressive income tax not have much effect on the roots of economic inequality?

Intragenerational mobility refers to the comparison of one person's occupation to her or his parents' occupations.

Approximately what percentage of Canadians who experienced poverty during one year are able to bring themselves out of poverty over a two-year period?

According to functionalist theory, which of the following is the ideal determinant of socioeconomic status?

How has quintile distribution of income in Canada changed between 1976 and 2010?

Mr.Bigby owns a large boat sail manufacturing plant and employs 89 people, while he spends time mountaineering with friends.Which of the following terms characterizes Mr.Bigby?

The "culture of poverty" provides an individual-level explanation of poverty.

According to the textbook, which of the following is the main feature of power?

Ms.Collins owns a large boat sail manufacturing plant and employs 89 people, while she spends time mountaineering with friends.Which of the following terms characterizes Ms.Collins's 89 workers?

Chase and Riela are attempting to figure out their situation by subtracting what they still owe on their possessions from what all the possessions are worth.Which of the following are they trying to calculate?

Compare human-capital and social-capital explanations of income inequality.

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