Exam 5: Stratification in the United States and Global Inequality

Which term is used to refer to hereditary systems of rank, usually religiously dictated, which are relatively fixed and immobile?

Which of the following is an example of achieved status?

A woman works as a college professor teaching applied sociology for 25 years and decides to retire and work full-time as a marriage and family therapist. This is an illustration of which type of social mobility?

Which of the following statements about multinational corporations is true?

Which sociologist(s) argue(s) that stratification is universal and that social inequality is necessary so that people will be motivated to fill functionally important positions?

The owner of a major league baseball team can fire employees for not winning a pennant, have the city build him/her a new ballpark, and refuse to permit companies that compete with his/her own team to air advertisements during the team's televised games. This owner would most likely be considered to have

David, who works as an editorial assistant at a large publishing company, believes that editorial assistants deserve relatively low pay because the company must turn a profit. In Karl Marx's terms, David can be said to have

A factory worker organizes a protest against unsafe working conditions after realizing that the owners care more about profits than about the health and safety of the workers. In Karl Marx's terms, the factory worker can be said to have

Which type of stratification theoretically allows for the greatest amount of movement from one stratum or level of society to another?

Beginning in 2011, the Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM) will replace the poverty line in determining a household's eligibility for governmental benefits.

Which sociologist has merged Marx's emphasis on class conflict with Weber's recognition that power is an important element of stratification?

Discuss Immanuel Wallerstein's world system analysis. Define dependency theory as it relates to Wallerstein's views. Give examples to support your answer.

The digital divide refers to a new aspect of social inequality, referring to differential access to internet and technological resources.

Which sociological perspective would be most likely to argue that most talented people would not go to school for many years to become physicians if they earn equal money and respect working as street cleaners?

Which sociologist(s) note(s) that modern societies tend to be urban, literate, industrial, and have sophisticated transportation and media systems, and that families in such societies are organized within the nuclear family unit rather than the extended family model?

Compare and contrast the functionalist and conflict views of social stratification. Give examples to each view to support your answer.

According to the world systems analysis, a "periphery" nation is a nation that

Which critic of the functionalist analysis of stratification notes that while a system of rewards for filling highly expert professions demanding long years of education and skill may once have served the overall purposes of society, this situation no longer exists?

Modernization suggests positive change, yet change usually occurs slowly and often benefits only the wealthiest segments of a population.

An objective method of measuring social class in the U.S. may be based upon evaluation of