Question 1

Explain status inconsistency and give two examples of it.

Accepted Answer

Status inconsistency is the contrast bet

Question 2

What system of stratification is commonly used in capitalist societies?

Accepted Answer

A)  gender 
B)  social class 
C)  social caste 
D)  slavery 
A)  gender 
B)  social class 
C)  social caste 
D)  slavery

Question 3

Homogamy,a term sociologists use to mean the tendency to choose romantic partners based on similarities in background and group membership,is very common.Why?

Accepted Answer

A)  We tend to have more access to people like ourselves. 
B)  People are rebelling against the common knowledge that "opposites attract." 
C)  We are hardwired to actively look for partners similar to ourselves. 
D)  It is too difficult to raise children with people who have different backgrounds from us. 
A)  We tend to have more access to people like ourselves. 
B)  People are rebelling against the common knowledge that "opposites attract." 
C)  We are hardwired to actively look for partners similar to ourselves. 
D)  It is too difficult to raise children with people who have different backgrounds from us.

Question 4

What observations might people make that contribute to their everyday class consciousness?

Accepted Answer

Answers may vary but should include the

Question 5

What do sociologists mean when they say that the homeless population of the United States is often "invisible"?

Accepted Answer

As Chapter 7 points out,in certain situa

Question 6

Symbolic interactionists stress the way we make "snap judgments" about other people's class statuses.Since we are aware that other people are judging us,we often pay close attention to what cues we display.Given this,why did Paul fussell decided to measure class status with a "living room scale" rather than assessing some other part of the house?

Accepted Answer

A)  The living room is a part of the house the whole family uses. 
B)  The living room is where we receive guests. 
C)  The living room is where the most expensive furniture goes. 
D)  The living room is where the television is usually found. 
A)  The living room is a part of the house the whole family uses. 
B)  The living room is where we receive guests. 
C)  The living room is where the most expensive furniture goes. 
D)  The living room is where the television is usually found.

Question 7

When the children of working-class parents manage to attend college and get a job in a professional field,it is an example of ________ mobility.

Accepted Answer

A)  intragenerational 
B)  horizontal social 
C)  a lack of 
D)  intergenerational 
A)  intragenerational 
B)  horizontal social 
C)  a lack of 
D)  intergenerational

Question 8

Which of the following variables have the greatest impact on crime rates?

Accepted Answer

A)  poverty 
B)  funding for law enforcement 
C)  the availability of drugs 
D)  population density and anomie 
A)  poverty 
B)  funding for law enforcement 
C)  the availability of drugs 
D)  population density and anomie

Question 9

What do sociologists call it when an individual changes his or her career but remains within the same social class?

Accepted Answer

A)  vertical social mobility 
B)  structural mobility 
C)  intergenerational mobility 
D)  horizontal social mobility 
A)  vertical social mobility 
B)  structural mobility 
C)  intergenerational mobility 
D)  horizontal social mobility

Question 10

The difference between a person's ascribed status and his or her achieved status is measured in terms of his or her:

Accepted Answer

A)  good fortune. 
B)  skill and personal character. 
C)  intergenerational mobility. 
D)  intragenerational mobility. 
A)  good fortune. 
B)  skill and personal character. 
C)  intergenerational mobility. 
D)  intragenerational mobility.

Question 11

Which of the following is one of the basic principles of social stratification?

Accepted Answer

A)  Low-level groups often have basic access to the rewards and privileges of higher-level groups. 
B)  With each new generation, families' social positions start anew. 
C)  All societies stratify according to wealth accumulation. 
D)  It is maintained through beliefs that are widely shared in a society. 
A)  Low-level groups often have basic access to the rewards and privileges of higher-level groups. 
B)  With each new generation, families' social positions start anew. 
C)  All societies stratify according to wealth accumulation. 
D)  It is maintained through beliefs that are widely shared in a society.

Question 12

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 13

What are the tastes,habits,and expectations called that children "inherit" (or learn)from their parents and that help to achieve material success in life?

Accepted Answer

A)  cultural capital 
B)  ideology 
C)  social welfare 
D)  education 
A)  cultural capital 
B)  ideology 
C)  social welfare 
D)  education

Question 14

Barbara Ehrenreich studied the working poor,people with service jobs that paid mostly minimum wage or slightly more.Based on your study of poverty,what would she recommend that such workers do to move out of poverty?

Accepted Answer

A)  save at least 10 percent of their paychecks every month 
B)  go back to school 
C)  nothing, because there are few ways for them to move out of poverty 
D)  collectively organize for higher wages 
A)  save at least 10 percent of their paychecks every month 
B)  go back to school 
C)  nothing, because there are few ways for them to move out of poverty 
D)  collectively organize for higher wages

Question 15

According to the text,which of the following has the effect of making poverty socially "invisible"?

Accepted Answer

A)  political engagement 
B)  the use of law enforcement to move the homeless away from visible locations 
C)  highlighting successful attempts by the poor to organize 
D)  cultural products, such as movies, that highlight the lives of the poor 
A)  political engagement 
B)  the use of law enforcement to move the homeless away from visible locations 
C)  highlighting successful attempts by the poor to organize 
D)  cultural products, such as movies, that highlight the lives of the poor

Question 16

In a few sentences,compare and contrast the class and caste systems of stratification.

Accepted Answer

Class and caste are both types of social

Question 17

Mother Teresa was a person with tremendous power and prestige,yet she was very poor.Mother Teresa is an example of which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  status inequality 
B)  status inconsistency 
C)  status contradiction 
D)  status reversal 
A)  status inequality 
B)  status inconsistency 
C)  status contradiction 
D)  status reversal

Question 18

Studies show that people from relatively higher socioeconomic backgrounds tend to live longer and report feeling healthier than people from the lower classes.What are some explanations for this phenomenon?

Accepted Answer

Any answer should mention the fact that

Question 19

Recent research by the Pew Research Center on attitudes about the government's responsibility to help those in poverty revealed:

Accepted Answer

A)  Americans are largely divided on this issue, with those favoring government aid for those in poverty decreasing. 
B)  Americans largely believe that it is the government's responsibility to provide aid for those who are in poverty. 
C)  the majority of Americans agree that the government should do more to help those in need. 
D)  most Americans believe government aid does more harm than good. 
A)  Americans are largely divided on this issue, with those favoring government aid for those in poverty decreasing. 
B)  Americans largely believe that it is the government's responsibility to provide aid for those who are in poverty. 
C)  the majority of Americans agree that the government should do more to help those in need. 
D)  most Americans believe government aid does more harm than good.

Question 20

When young people go away to college,it is often the first time they make friends with people of substantially different class statuses.Sometimes this leads to tension when the wealthier member of a friendship is oblivious to his or her friend's class status and suggests activities that are beyond the friend's means.This tension results from a lack of:

Accepted Answer

A)  historical materialism. 
B)  status inconsistency. 
C)  prestige or power. 
D)  everyday class consciousness. 
A)  historical materialism. 
B)  status inconsistency. 
C)  prestige or power. 
D)  everyday class consciousness.

Explain status inconsistency and give two examples of it.

What system of stratification is commonly used in capitalist societies?

Homogamy,a term sociologists use to mean the tendency to choose romantic partners based on similarities in background and group membership,is very common.Why?

What observations might people make that contribute to their everyday class consciousness?

What do sociologists mean when they say that the homeless population of the United States is often "invisible"?

When the children of working-class parents manage to attend college and get a job in a professional field,it is an example of ________ mobility.

Which of the following variables have the greatest impact on crime rates?

What do sociologists call it when an individual changes his or her career but remains within the same social class?

The difference between a person's ascribed status and his or her achieved status is measured in terms of his or her:

Which of the following is one of the basic principles of social stratification?

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

What are the tastes,habits,and expectations called that children "inherit" (or learn)from their parents and that help to achieve material success in life?

Barbara Ehrenreich studied the working poor,people with service jobs that paid mostly minimum wage or slightly more.Based on your study of poverty,what would she recommend that such workers do to move out of poverty?

According to the text,which of the following has the effect of making poverty socially "invisible"?

In a few sentences,compare and contrast the class and caste systems of stratification.

Mother Teresa was a person with tremendous power and prestige,yet she was very poor.Mother Teresa is an example of which of the following?

Studies show that people from relatively higher socioeconomic backgrounds tend to live longer and report feeling healthier than people from the lower classes.What are some explanations for this phenomenon?

Recent research by the Pew Research Center on attitudes about the government's responsibility to help those in poverty revealed:

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Exam 7: Social Class: the Structure of Inequality

Explain status inconsistency and give two examples of it.

What system of stratification is commonly used in capitalist societies?

Homogamy,a term sociologists use to mean the tendency to choose romantic partners based on similarities in background and group membership,is very common.Why?

What observations might people make that contribute to their everyday class consciousness?

What do sociologists mean when they say that the homeless population of the United States is often "invisible"?

When the children of working-class parents manage to attend college and get a job in a professional field,it is an example of ________ mobility.

Which of the following variables have the greatest impact on crime rates?

What do sociologists call it when an individual changes his or her career but remains within the same social class?

The difference between a person's ascribed status and his or her achieved status is measured in terms of his or her:

Which of the following is one of the basic principles of social stratification?

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

What are the tastes,habits,and expectations called that children "inherit" (or learn)from their parents and that help to achieve material success in life?

Barbara Ehrenreich studied the working poor,people with service jobs that paid mostly minimum wage or slightly more.Based on your study of poverty,what would she recommend that such workers do to move out of poverty?

According to the text,which of the following has the effect of making poverty socially "invisible"?

In a few sentences,compare and contrast the class and caste systems of stratification.

Mother Teresa was a person with tremendous power and prestige,yet she was very poor.Mother Teresa is an example of which of the following?

Studies show that people from relatively higher socioeconomic backgrounds tend to live longer and report feeling healthier than people from the lower classes.What are some explanations for this phenomenon?

Recent research by the Pew Research Center on attitudes about the government's responsibility to help those in poverty revealed:

Sociology and the Real World

Studying Social Life: Sociological 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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