Question 1

________ are the types of jobs usually available to members of the lower-middle class.

Accepted Answer

A)  Technical or professional jobs 
B)  Executive or managerial positions 
C)  Blue collar or manual labor jobs 
D)  Lower-management jobs 
A)  Technical or professional jobs 
B)  Executive or managerial positions 
C)  Blue collar or manual labor jobs 
D)  Lower-management jobs

Question 2

Half of all children grow up to have the same socioeconomic class as their parents. Discuss the ways in which Pierre Bourdieu's concept of cultural capital influences this phenomenon.

Accepted Answer

Bourdieu's concept of cultural capital e

Question 3

The upper class represents just 1 percent of the U.S. population, but it has more wealth than the entire bottom 90 percent.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Samira does not have a computer in her house, so she uses computers in the library to complete school assignments. However, she often has less time than her peers to do research and type her assignments because the computers are sometimes occupied and the library closes early. What term describes Samira's situation?

Accepted Answer

A)  the digital divide 
B)  the federal poverty line 
C)  the simplicity movement 
D)  disenfranchisement 
A)  the digital divide 
B)  the federal poverty line 
C)  the simplicity movement 
D)  disenfranchisement

Question 5

The middle class is made up of mostly blue-collar workers.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

The upper class makes up just 1 percent of the total U.S. population, but its total net worth is greater than that of ________ percent of the rest of the population.

Accepted Answer

A)  10 
B)  53 
C)  90 
D)  99 
A)  10 
B)  53 
C)  90 
D)  99

Question 7

Oscar Lewis's concept of a culture of poverty suggests that a fatalistic and resigned attitude exists among the poor, which leads them to accept their social status. Discuss some of the major criticisms of this controversial point of view.

Accepted Answer

According to Chapter 7, one of the major

Question 8

José has been working hard for the past ten years, but most of the wealth he has is the result of inherited properties. Erin has also been working hard for the past ten years, but has accumulated virtually no wealth because she is paid the federal minimum wage and also supports her elderly mother. José and Erin demonstrate

Accepted Answer

A)  the just-world hypothesis. 
B)  the wealth gap. 
C)  hegemony. 
D)  meritocracy. 
A)  the just-world hypothesis. 
B)  the wealth gap. 
C)  hegemony. 
D)  meritocracy.

Question 9

How does social class relate to race, ethnicity, gender, and age in the United States today?

Accepted Answer

A)  Race and ethnicity are more important than any other factor in determining social class. 
B)  These multiple dimensions of status and inequality intersect to shape who we are and how we live. 
C)  These other variables matter for members of the upper class but not for members of the middle or lower classes. 
D)  These variables matter for members of the lower class but not for members of the upper or middle class. 
A)  Race and ethnicity are more important than any other factor in determining social class. 
B)  These multiple dimensions of status and inequality intersect to shape who we are and how we live. 
C)  These other variables matter for members of the upper class but not for members of the middle or lower classes. 
D)  These variables matter for members of the lower class but not for members of the upper or middle class.

Question 10

Which of the following demonstrates Karl Marx's conviction that social inequality would continue to grow?

Accepted Answer

A)  "No one knows who will live in this cage in the future, or whether at the end of this tremendous development entirely new prophets will arise, or there will be a great rebirth of ideas and ideals, or, if neither, mechanized petrification, embellished with a sort of convulsive self-importance." 
B)  "The modern laborer . . . instead of rising with the process of industry, sinks deeper and deeper below the conditions of existence of his own class. He becomes a pauper, and pauperism develops more rapidly than population and wealth." 
C)  "A religion is a unified system of beliefs and practices relative to sacred things, i.e., things set apart and forbidden-beliefs and practices which unite in one single moral community called a Church, all those who adhere to them." 
D)  "For the metropolis presents the peculiar conditions which are revealed to us as the opportunities and the stimuli for the development of both these ways of allocating roles to men." 
A)  "No one knows who will live in this cage in the future, or whether at the end of this tremendous development entirely new prophets will arise, or there will be a great rebirth of ideas and ideals, or, if neither, mechanized petrification, embellished with a sort of convulsive self-importance." 
B)  "The modern laborer . . . instead of rising with the process of industry, sinks deeper and deeper below the conditions of existence of his own class. He becomes a pauper, and pauperism develops more rapidly than population and wealth." 
C)  "A religion is a unified system of beliefs and practices relative to sacred things, i.e., things set apart and forbidden-beliefs and practices which unite in one single moral community called a Church, all those who adhere to them." 
D)  "For the metropolis presents the peculiar conditions which are revealed to us as the opportunities and the stimuli for the development of both these ways of allocating roles to men."

Question 11

What sort of jobs can support a middle-class lifestyle in America today?

Accepted Answer

A)  jobs in manufacturing 
B)  jobs associated with blue-collar work 
C)  jobs associated with skilled trades like carpentry 
D)  jobs in the service, information, and technology sectors 
A)  jobs in manufacturing 
B)  jobs associated with blue-collar work 
C)  jobs associated with skilled trades like carpentry 
D)  jobs in the service, information, and technology sectors

Question 12

Explain Bourdieu's postmodern theory of social reproduction and the powerful role of cultural capital.

Accepted Answer

Social reproduction occurs when social c

Question 13

What sort of measure of poverty are we using when we compare the salaries of the lowest-paid members of a corporation with the salary of the CEO?

Accepted Answer

A)  relative deprivation 
B)  cultural poverty 
C)  absolute deprivation 
D)  horizontal poverty 
A)  relative deprivation 
B)  cultural poverty 
C)  absolute deprivation 
D)  horizontal poverty

Question 14

A young doctor fresh out of medical school is looking for a position where he can work about twenty hours a week, even though he will make much less money than other doctors. He is likely

Accepted Answer

A)  lazy and selfish about helping people in need. 
B)  part of the simplicity movement. 
C)  experiencing structural mobility. 
D)  not very skilled. 
A)  lazy and selfish about helping people in need. 
B)  part of the simplicity movement. 
C)  experiencing structural mobility. 
D)  not very skilled.

Question 15

"White collar" workers employed in technical and lower-management positions belong to the

Accepted Answer

A)  working class. 
B)  lower class. 
C)  middle class. 
D)  upper-middle class. 
A)  working class. 
B)  lower class. 
C)  middle class. 
D)  upper-middle class.

Question 16

There have been many societies throughout history with no social stratification.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Why might someone resist treating Oprah Winfrey as the ultimate symbol of the American Dream?

Accepted Answer

A)  She was born into a fairly wealthy family. 
B)  She represents the exception rather than the rule. 
C)  She has recently lost most of her resources and is not particularly well off. 
D)  Her family might not have had much money, but it did have social connections that helped her career. 
A)  She was born into a fairly wealthy family. 
B)  She represents the exception rather than the rule. 
C)  She has recently lost most of her resources and is not particularly well off. 
D)  Her family might not have had much money, but it did have social connections that helped her career.

Question 18

What does Karl Marx call it when individuals fail to see the ways they are oppressed by the social system in which they live?

Accepted Answer

A)  false consciousness 
B)  ideology 
C)  hegemony 
D)  meritocracy 
A)  false consciousness 
B)  ideology 
C)  hegemony 
D)  meritocracy

Question 19

Sociologists call the awareness of our own and others' class statuses

Accepted Answer

A)  everyday class consciousness. 
B)  everyday ideology. 
C)  everyday false consciousness. 
D)  cultural capital. 
A)  everyday class consciousness. 
B)  everyday ideology. 
C)  everyday false consciousness. 
D)  cultural capital.

Question 20

Some immigrants have a hard time assimilating to a new culture. What are the children of immigrants experiencing if they assimilate and have a higher standard of living than their parents?

Accepted Answer

A)  intergenerational mobility 
B)  intragenerational mobility 
C)  structural mobility 
D)  immigrant mobility 
A)  intergenerational mobility 
B)  intragenerational mobility 
C)  structural mobility 
D)  immigrant mobility

________ are the types of jobs usually available to members of the lower-middle class.

Half of all children grow up to have the same socioeconomic class as their parents. Discuss the ways in which Pierre Bourdieu's concept of cultural capital influences this phenomenon.

The upper class represents just 1 percent of the U.S. population, but it has more wealth than the entire bottom 90 percent.

The middle class is made up of mostly blue-collar workers.

The upper class makes up just 1 percent of the total U.S. population, but its total net worth is greater than that of ________ percent of the rest of the population.

Oscar Lewis's concept of a culture of poverty suggests that a fatalistic and resigned attitude exists among the poor, which leads them to accept their social status. Discuss some of the major criticisms of this controversial point of view.

How does social class relate to race, ethnicity, gender, and age in the United States today?

Which of the following demonstrates Karl Marx's conviction that social inequality would continue to grow?

What sort of jobs can support a middle-class lifestyle in America today?

Explain Bourdieu's postmodern theory of social reproduction and the powerful role of cultural capital.

What sort of measure of poverty are we using when we compare the salaries of the lowest-paid members of a corporation with the salary of the CEO?

A young doctor fresh out of medical school is looking for a position where he can work about twenty hours a week, even though he will make much less money than other doctors. He is likely

"White collar" workers employed in technical and lower-management positions belong to the

There have been many societies throughout history with no social stratification.

Why might someone resist treating Oprah Winfrey as the ultimate symbol of the American Dream?

What does Karl Marx call it when individuals fail to see the ways they are oppressed by the social system in which they live?

Sociologists call the awareness of our own and others' class statuses

Some immigrants have a hard time assimilating to a new culture. What are the children of immigrants experiencing if they assimilate and have a higher standard of living than their parents?

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Deviance

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Exam 7: Social Class: the Structure of Inequality

________ are the types of jobs usually available to members of the lower-middle class.

Half of all children grow up to have the same socioeconomic class as their parents. Discuss the ways in which Pierre Bourdieu's concept of cultural capital influences this phenomenon.

The upper class represents just 1 percent of the U.S. population, but it has more wealth than the entire bottom 90 percent.

The middle class is made up of mostly blue-collar workers.

The upper class makes up just 1 percent of the total U.S. population, but its total net worth is greater than that of ________ percent of the rest of the population.

Oscar Lewis's concept of a culture of poverty suggests that a fatalistic and resigned attitude exists among the poor, which leads them to accept their social status. Discuss some of the major criticisms of this controversial point of view.

How does social class relate to race, ethnicity, gender, and age in the United States today?

Which of the following demonstrates Karl Marx's conviction that social inequality would continue to grow?

What sort of jobs can support a middle-class lifestyle in America today?

Explain Bourdieu's postmodern theory of social reproduction and the powerful role of cultural capital.

What sort of measure of poverty are we using when we compare the salaries of the lowest-paid members of a corporation with the salary of the CEO?

A young doctor fresh out of medical school is looking for a position where he can work about twenty hours a week, even though he will make much less money than other doctors. He is likely

"White collar" workers employed in technical and lower-management positions belong to the

There have been many societies throughout history with no social stratification.

Why might someone resist treating Oprah Winfrey as the ultimate symbol of the American Dream?

What does Karl Marx call it when individuals fail to see the ways they are oppressed by the social system in which they live?

Sociologists call the awareness of our own and others' class statuses

Some immigrants have a hard time assimilating to a new culture. What are the children of immigrants experiencing if they assimilate and have a higher standard of living than their parents?

Sociology and the Real World

Studying Social Life: Sociology Research Methods

Culture

Socialization, Interaction, and the Self

Separate and Together: Life in Groups

Deviance

Race and Ethnicity As Lived Experience

Constructing Gender and Sexuality

Social Institutions: Politics, Education, and Religion

The Economy and Work

Life at Home: Families and Relationships

Leisure and Media

Health and Illness

Populations, Cities, and the Environment

Social Change

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