Question 1

What concept describes a person who moves from one occupation to another that provides about the same level of rewards?

Accepted Answer

A)   upward social mobility
B)   downward social mobility
C)   horizontal social mobility
D)   This is not social mobility at all. C

Question 2

Structural social mobility refers to an individual's upward or downward social movement due to personal effort or, in some cases, good or bad luck.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 3

According to Karl Marx, social stratification in a capitalist society always involves

Accepted Answer

A)   class conflict.
B)   negotiation and compromise leading to stability.
C)   the abolition of work itself.
D)   a working class revolution. A

Question 4

Looking around the world today, income inequality is greatest in which region?

Accepted Answer

A)   North America
B)   Latin America
C)   Europe
D)   China

Question 5

Class systems assign social position based on both birth and individual achievement.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Today, the wealth of the average U.S.family is about

Accepted Answer

A)   $17,000.
B)   $37,000.
C)   $77,000.
D)   $277,000.

Question 7

In recent years, we have heard more and more talk about "class warfare" in the United States.To what specific facts do people point in support of the claim of "class warfare?" To what extent do you think class warfare really exists? Explain.

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Question 8

Sociologist William Julius Wilson suggests the cause of poverty lies in

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A)   a lower-class culture of poverty.
B)   lack of government action.
C)   too few available jobs.
D)   bad public schools.

Question 9

Individuals in class systems typically exhibit more status inconsistency than people in caste systems.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Caste systems encourage the commitment to long-term labor required by agriculture.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

What is the Kuznets curve? What does it tell us about how social stratification has varied over the course of human history as well as in the world today?

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Question 12

What were some of the consequences of the 1996 welfare reform in the United States? To what extent would you say that this reform was or was not successful?

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Question 13

Since the United States lacks a history of nobility, as in Europe, many people in this country think of it as

Accepted Answer

A)   highly stratified.
B)   mostly upper-class.
C)   mostly working-class.
D)   mostly middle-class.

Question 14

Marx thought of inequality in terms of two main classes.In contrast, Weber envisioned inequality in terms of

Accepted Answer

A)   a socioeconomic ranking.
B)   three main classes.
C)   everyone gradually sinking into poverty.
D)   society as one large middle class.

Question 15

The degree of status consistency is

Accepted Answer

A)   greater in caste than class systems.
B)   the same in all types of social stratification.
C)   greater in class than caste systems.
D)   greater the more productive a society is.

Question 16

The concept "meritocracy" refers to social stratification

Accepted Answer

A)   with no social mobility.
B)   in which people "know their place."
C)   based entirely on personal merit.
D)   as found in the United States.

Question 17

Based on statistics in the textbook, it is correct to say that the richest 20 percent of the population earn more than _____ times as much as the poorest 20 percent.

Accepted Answer

A)   two
B)   twelve
C)   fifty
D)   one hundred

Question 18

Compared to other high-income nations, the United States has

Accepted Answer

A)   the same level of economic inequality.
B)   almost no economic inequality.
C)   a classless society.
D)   more economic inequality.

Question 19

In the United States, social inequality is determined only by people's talents and abilities.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

What is the premise of the Kuznet curve? What claims about worldwide social inequality does it make? What are several criticisms of the curve?
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Exam 8: Social Stratification

What concept describes a person who moves from one occupation to another that provides about the same level of rewards?

Structural social mobility refers to an individual's upward or downward social movement due to personal effort or, in some cases, good or bad luck.

According to Karl Marx, social stratification in a capitalist society always involves

Looking around the world today, income inequality is greatest in which region?

Class systems assign social position based on both birth and individual achievement.

Today, the wealth of the average U.S.family is about

In recent years, we have heard more and more talk about "class warfare" in the United States.To what specific facts do people point in support of the claim of "class warfare?" To what extent do you think class warfare really exists? Explain.

Sociologist William Julius Wilson suggests the cause of poverty lies in

Individuals in class systems typically exhibit more status inconsistency than people in caste systems.

Caste systems encourage the commitment to long-term labor required by agriculture.

What is the Kuznets curve? What does it tell us about how social stratification has varied over the course of human history as well as in the world today?

What were some of the consequences of the 1996 welfare reform in the United States? To what extent would you say that this reform was or was not successful?

Since the United States lacks a history of nobility, as in Europe, many people in this country think of it as

Marx thought of inequality in terms of two main classes.In contrast, Weber envisioned inequality in terms of

The degree of status consistency is

The concept "meritocracy" refers to social stratification

Based on statistics in the textbook, it is correct to say that the richest 20 percent of the population earn more than _____ times as much as the poorest 20 percent.

Compared to other high-income nations, the United States has

In the United States, social inequality is determined only by people's talents and abilities.

What is the premise of the Kuznet curve? What claims about worldwide social inequality does it make? What are several criticisms of the curve? (EVALUT