Exam 7: Social Stratification

A country such as Sweden has high levels of social equality between citizens.Based on talent and hard work,people can rise from lower classes and achieve a higher standard of life.Which term is used to describe countries with high levels of equality enabling upward mobility?

Judy is a single mother who works two jobs,but every month she must choose between paying the electric bill and buying food.Which term best classifies Judy's kind of poverty?

In a society where people are segregated through language,culture,and economics,those on the lower end of the social stratification are oppressed and refused the right for upward mobility.Which term best characterizes this type of stratification system?

Weber shared with Marx a belief that economic inequalities were central to the social stratification system and that the ownership of one resource was a primary determinant of the power a person had for getting others to do as the person wished.What is that resource?

People within different cultures and societies around the world struggle every day to meet basic requirements of life in order to survive.They constantly live in a state of poverty and have little to no income.How are these terrible living conditions defined?

According to the text,which of the following is a statement about the current conditions of Canada's poor?

Using the theories and concepts given in the text,assess why it is that daycare workers are often paid less than garbage collectors.Do we value our garbage more than our children?

According to the text,what is the estimated poverty line for Canadians?

Welfare assistance in Ontario and across Canada is equivalent to the dollar figure set by the after-tax low-income cutoff figure.

Nafiza,the manager at a plastics plant,received safety complaints from the workers regarding a new procedure that uses toxic materials.Nafiza understood why the workers might be concerned and agreed to raise the issue with management,but she insisted that they continue their work in the meantime.She knows the plant owner is trying to increase productivity so the company can compete on the global stage.According to Lenski,in this situation,what is Nafiza's primary personal dilemma?

Which idea is central to the Davis and Moore theory of stratification?

Give examples of why it is important to take into account the time and place in which social theory is developed.

A soldier just received a field promotion.This is when an individual is given an on-the-spot promotion based on demonstrated leadership skills and occupational abilities.Which term best characterizes the type of society that would provide this type of promotion?

Joe is a plant manager in a large paint-production facility.He feels superior to his subordinates,even though he makes far less than the other managers in the plant.The other managers founded and own part of the business.Joe did not.What term best classifies his position in this workplace's status hierarchy?

Identify and describe the four types of occupational mobility.

Chris,a dentist,furthered his education to become an orthodontist and has an annual take-home pay of around $250,000.What term best defines the type of status Chris has used to achieve his success?

What are the key criticisms of Davis and Moore's functionalist theory of stratification?

Shaneen lives in a society where everyone has an equal chance to compete for higher status positions,and the highest rank is awarded to those who are the most capable.What type of societal system is she experiencing?

How does the text describe relative poverty?

In the past,women earned less than men,but today women and men earn similar amounts in Canada.