Exam 1: An Introduction to the Study of Social Inequality

Which of the following statements would best describe the disappointment that active and retired employees express about companies reneging on their pension obligations?

Given Bryan Turner's four basic kinds of equality, which of the following would see police officers paid the same as brain surgeons?

Which of the following statements is true?

Despite Americans being attracted to the notion of equality, they often see inequality as necessary for what primary reason(s)?

Scholars who accept some degree of social inequality, such as paying a brain surgeon more than a police officer, is exemplary of which viewpoint?

What data support the notion that it is getting harder to move into the middle class or fall out of it?

A person who sees inequality as inevitable, arguing that America has an open society and hard work is what it takes to overcome adversity, would most likely agree with which statement?

What best explains this statement? "During the recent economic crisis, government intrusion into market mechanisms suggested that capitalism and democracy are inherently antagonistic to each other."

Which definition of class would hold that distinct classes have always existed in the U.S. and do so to this day?

Why would some scholars disagree that an incentive system guarantees the survival of a society?

For those who do not see economic inequality as stemming from individuals having the wrong skill sets, where would they see the fault lie when a computer programmer is laid off and must tend a bar for a living?

If inequality arises from the actions of parents, for example, in favoring an older son over a younger son in sending him to college, what kind of inequality is this?

Police officers earn far less than brain surgeons-whose theory of inequality might this disprove?

Which American value or notion is the most persuasive in discouraging the belief that an American class system exists and prevents one from getting ahead?

Which physical clue might be the best in proving the existence of a class structure in contemporary American society?