Question 1

Max Weber argued that class divisions derive from resources such as people's:

Accepted Answer

A) surplus value 
B) gender 
C) qualifications 
D) last name 
E) income 
A) surplus value 
B) gender 
C) qualifications 
D) last name 
E) income

Question 2

In class systems,the boundaries between classes are:

Accepted Answer

A) stable and very clear-cut 
B) fluid and not very clear-cut 
C) determined and set at birth 
D) based on religion and tradition 
E) mandated by the government 
A) stable and very clear-cut 
B) fluid and not very clear-cut 
C) determined and set at birth 
D) based on religion and tradition 
E) mandated by the government

Question 3

Caste systems require that individuals marry within their social group.This is referred to as:

Accepted Answer

A) caste marriage 
B) endogamy 
C) social marriage 
D) endomarriage 
E) equal marriage 
A) caste marriage 
B) endogamy 
C) social marriage 
D) endomarriage 
E) equal marriage

Question 4

Which of the following is an example of what Pierre Bourdieu refers to as cultural capital?

Accepted Answer

A) the ability to pay for cultural events such as art museums, opera companies, and symphony orchestras that charge for admission 
B) parents paying for school tutoring 
C) parents reading to their children and encouraging them to do well in school 
D) learning more than one language 
E) none of the above 
A) the ability to pay for cultural events such as art museums, opera companies, and symphony orchestras that charge for admission 
B) parents paying for school tutoring 
C) parents reading to their children and encouraging them to do well in school 
D) learning more than one language 
E) none of the above

Question 5

According to the text,the upper class in the United States:

Accepted Answer

A) is made up of the wealthiest 20 percent of the population 
B) has a distinctive lifestyle and is politically influential 
C) does not include people who get their wealth from investments 
D) is accessible to all Americans with a college education 
E) is racially and ethnically diverse 
A) is made up of the wealthiest 20 percent of the population 
B) has a distinctive lifestyle and is politically influential 
C) does not include people who get their wealth from investments 
D) is accessible to all Americans with a college education 
E) is racially and ethnically diverse

Question 6

What are the differences in average income and wealth between whites,African Americans,and Latinos? What are the sociological explanations for why these gaps exist?

Accepted Answer

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Question 7

According to the textbook,what is the main reason that slavery does not exist in most societies around the world today?

Accepted Answer

A) because it is an inefficient economic system 
B) because slaves are too expensive to buy 
C) because human rights became an important concept in industrial societies 
D) because a postindustrial society required a different economic system 
E) because machines displaced slaves 
A) because it is an inefficient economic system 
B) because slaves are too expensive to buy 
C) because human rights became an important concept in industrial societies 
D) because a postindustrial society required a different economic system 
E) because machines displaced slaves

Question 8

Paris Hilton is a rich and famous celebrity,but she has little higher education or professional qualification.Max Weber most likely see Paris Hilton as a member of a(n):

Accepted Answer

A) capitalist group 
B) uneducated class 
C) contradictory class 
D) deviant group 
E) pariah group 
A) capitalist group 
B) uneducated class 
C) contradictory class 
D) deviant group 
E) pariah group

Question 9

According to Karl Marx,the working class in industrialized countries would remain poor and live near subsistence level.Marx was right that there would be economic inequality,but he was wrong because today:

Accepted Answer

A) in most industrialized countries there are very few poor 
B) most people own the means of production collectively in Western countries 
C) most people in Western countries are better off than they were in Marx's time 
D) most industrialized countries distribute wealth through social programs 
E) none of the above 
A) in most industrialized countries there are very few poor 
B) most people own the means of production collectively in Western countries 
C) most people in Western countries are better off than they were in Marx's time 
D) most industrialized countries distribute wealth through social programs 
E) none of the above

Question 10

Researchers of social mobility,including Peter Blau and Otis Dudley Duncan in the 1960s and William Sewell and Robert Hauser in the 1980s,have shown that:

Accepted Answer

A) educational attainment has a great deal to do with ultimate social status 
B) the family's social status has little to do with social mobility 
C) social position is not inherited, but solely achieved 
D) all of the above 
E) none of the above 
A) educational attainment has a great deal to do with ultimate social status 
B) the family's social status has little to do with social mobility 
C) social position is not inherited, but solely achieved 
D) all of the above 
E) none of the above

Question 11

Sociologists study ________ when they are looking at the structured inequalities in a society.

Accepted Answer

A) social stratification 
B) social disapproval 
C) social inequity 
D) strategic sociality 
E) socialism 
A) social stratification 
B) social disapproval 
C) social inequity 
D) strategic sociality 
E) socialism

Question 12

Workers picking strawberries can pick 100 baskets an hour,but it only costs the employer a value of 20 baskets to pay them their hourly wages.The income the employer collects from the extra baskets is __________,according to Karl Marx.

Accepted Answer

A) extra wages 
B) surplus value 
C) wage theft 
D) surplus income 
E) the means of production 
A) extra wages 
B) surplus value 
C) wage theft 
D) surplus income 
E) the means of production

Question 13

The lower class has a higher percentage of __________ than any other class in the United States.

Accepted Answer

A) bilingual speakers 
B) educators 
C) men 
D) nonwhites 
E) children 
A) bilingual speakers 
B) educators 
C) men 
D) nonwhites 
E) children

Question 14

If a person believes that people are poor because they have been socialized into a set of values,beliefs,and norms that result in behavior that leads to poverty,then that person is said to believe which of the following theories of poverty?

Accepted Answer

A) culture of poverty 
B) structural poverty 
C) value poverty 
D) dependency poverty 
E) poverty of the mind 
A) culture of poverty 
B) structural poverty 
C) value poverty 
D) dependency poverty 
E) poverty of the mind

Question 15

Wealth refers to:

Accepted Answer

A) the value of one's home 
B) all the assets an individual owns 
C) how much money one makes in a year 
D) the estimated earnings over one's life 
E) annual income minus annual debt 
A) the value of one's home 
B) all the assets an individual owns 
C) how much money one makes in a year 
D) the estimated earnings over one's life 
E) annual income minus annual debt

Question 16

When a person does not have adequate resources to maintain his or her health,such as enough food to eat,the person is said to be in:

Accepted Answer

A) absolute poverty 
B) relative poverty 
C) downward mobility 
D) exchange mobility 
E) the poverty line 
A) absolute poverty 
B) relative poverty 
C) downward mobility 
D) exchange mobility 
E) the poverty line

Question 17

In which of the following countries is the poverty rate the highest?

Accepted Answer

A) Germany 
B) Norway 
C) United States 
D) Sweden 
E) Japan 
A) Germany 
B) Norway 
C) United States 
D) Sweden 
E) Japan

Question 18

Which of the following is NOT true of all systems of social stratification?

Accepted Answer

A) People are ranked according to social categories such as race and gender. 
B) A person's life chances are significantly influenced by his or her social category. 
C) Ranks of social categories tend to change slowly over time. 
D) If a person no longer identifies with the other members of his or her category, he or she is no longer classified at that level. 
E) Social rankings reflect social inequality. 
A) People are ranked according to social categories such as race and gender. 
B) A person's life chances are significantly influenced by his or her social category. 
C) Ranks of social categories tend to change slowly over time. 
D) If a person no longer identifies with the other members of his or her category, he or she is no longer classified at that level. 
E) Social rankings reflect social inequality.

Question 19

When sociologists examine how far an individual moves up or down the socioeconomic scale in his or her lifetime,they are studying:

Accepted Answer

A) optimal mobility 
B) intergenerational mobility 
C) life change 
D) intragenerational mobility 
E) pangenerational mobility 
A) optimal mobility 
B) intergenerational mobility 
C) life change 
D) intragenerational mobility 
E) pangenerational mobility

Question 20

According to the sociologist Charles Murray,there are groups among the poor that do not enter the labor market and rely on government interventions,which undermines self-help and personal ambition.He says that these poor are part of:

Accepted Answer

A) the unambitious culture 
B) the dependency culture 
C) the least-motivated poor 
D) the poverty problem 
E) the structural poor 
A) the unambitious culture 
B) the dependency culture 
C) the least-motivated poor 
D) the poverty problem 
E) the structural poor

Max Weber argued that class divisions derive from resources such as people's:

In class systems,the boundaries between classes are:

Caste systems require that individuals marry within their social group.This is referred to as:

Which of the following is an example of what Pierre Bourdieu refers to as cultural capital?

According to the text,the upper class in the United States:

What are the differences in average income and wealth between whites,African Americans,and Latinos? What are the sociological explanations for why these gaps exist?

According to the textbook,what is the main reason that slavery does not exist in most societies around the world today?

Paris Hilton is a rich and famous celebrity,but she has little higher education or professional qualification.Max Weber most likely see Paris Hilton as a member of a(n):

According to Karl Marx,the working class in industrialized countries would remain poor and live near subsistence level.Marx was right that there would be economic inequality,but he was wrong because today:

Researchers of social mobility,including Peter Blau and Otis Dudley Duncan in the 1960s and William Sewell and Robert Hauser in the 1980s,have shown that:

Sociologists study ________ when they are looking at the structured inequalities in a society.

Workers picking strawberries can pick 100 baskets an hour,but it only costs the employer a value of 20 baskets to pay them their hourly wages.The income the employer collects from the extra baskets is __________,according to Karl Marx.

The lower class has a higher percentage of __________ than any other class in the United States.

If a person believes that people are poor because they have been socialized into a set of values,beliefs,and norms that result in behavior that leads to poverty,then that person is said to believe which of the following theories of poverty?

Wealth refers to:

When a person does not have adequate resources to maintain his or her health,such as enough food to eat,the person is said to be in:

In which of the following countries is the poverty rate the highest?

Which of the following is NOT true of all systems of social stratification?

When sociologists examine how far an individual moves up or down the socioeconomic scale in his or her lifetime,they are studying:

According to the sociologist Charles Murray,there are groups among the poor that do not enter the labor market and rely on government interventions,which undermines self-help and personal ambition.He says that these poor are part of:

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Exam 7: Stratification, Class, and Inequality

Max Weber argued that class divisions derive from resources such as people's:

In class systems,the boundaries between classes are:

Caste systems require that individuals marry within their social group.This is referred to as:

Which of the following is an example of what Pierre Bourdieu refers to as cultural capital?

According to the text,the upper class in the United States:

What are the differences in average income and wealth between whites,African Americans,and Latinos? What are the sociological explanations for why these gaps exist?

According to the textbook,what is the main reason that slavery does not exist in most societies around the world today?

Paris Hilton is a rich and famous celebrity,but she has little higher education or professional qualification.Max Weber most likely see Paris Hilton as a member of a(n):

According to Karl Marx,the working class in industrialized countries would remain poor and live near subsistence level.Marx was right that there would be economic inequality,but he was wrong because today:

Researchers of social mobility,including Peter Blau and Otis Dudley Duncan in the 1960s and William Sewell and Robert Hauser in the 1980s,have shown that:

Sociologists study ________ when they are looking at the structured inequalities in a society.

Workers picking strawberries can pick 100 baskets an hour,but it only costs the employer a value of 20 baskets to pay them their hourly wages.The income the employer collects from the extra baskets is __________,according to Karl Marx.

The lower class has a higher percentage of __________ than any other class in the United States.

If a person believes that people are poor because they have been socialized into a set of values,beliefs,and norms that result in behavior that leads to poverty,then that person is said to believe which of the following theories of poverty?

Wealth refers to:

When a person does not have adequate resources to maintain his or her health,such as enough food to eat,the person is said to be in:

In which of the following countries is the poverty rate the highest?

Which of the following is NOT true of all systems of social stratification?

When sociologists examine how far an individual moves up or down the socioeconomic scale in his or her lifetime,they are studying:

According to the sociologist Charles Murray,there are groups among the poor that do not enter the labor market and rely on government interventions,which undermines self-help and personal ambition.He says that these poor are part of:

Sociology: Theory and Method

Culture and Society

Socialization, the Life Course, and Aging

Social Interaction and Everyday Life in the Age of the Internet

Groups, Networks, and Organizations

Conformity, Deviance, and Crime

Global Inequality

Gender Inequality

Ethnicity and Race

Families and Intimate Relationships

Education and Religion

Politics and Economic Life

The Sociology of the Body: Health, Illness, and Sexuality

Urbanization, Population, and the Environment

Globalization in a Changing World

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