Exam 7: Stratification

A group of people who have a sense of identification with one another because they are about equal in class,power,and status are often referred to as sharing:

Which is true about inequality in the distribution of household income in the U.S.?

A major criticism of the structural-functional theory of stratification is that it:

A university professor may receive more social approval and respect than an auto mechanic.Sociologists would term this a difference in:

In the distribution of scarce resources,caste systems rely on __________ statuses and class systems rely to a greater degree on __________ statuses.

There are about _________ millionaires in the US.

Studies of different stratification systems indicate that:

A macro-level explanation for persistent poverty within the U.S.would be:

Every social stratification system has an ideology that justifies it and motivates people to accept it.

Which theory sees development as the natural unfolding of an evolutionary process in which a society goes from simple to complex institutional structures?

Whether one identifies oneself as working- or middle-class has important consequences for all of the following EXCEPT:

According to structural-functional theory,a society needs to offer high rewards as an incentive to make sure that people are willing to perform essential tasks.What three factors drive the size of the rewards?

What are the basic dimensions of the human development index?

Explain why raising the minimum wage is a goal of the fair wage movement.

Although the class system of the U.S.permits social mobility,most people attain the same or similar social class as their parents.This is best described as: