Exam 7: Stratification

An alien drops onto the planet,and the only books he reads are Horatio Alger,Jr.,novels.The alien concludes that:

Elliot Essman asserts that America is a(n)________ because the very wealthy do not have much impact on the country in general.

Which of the following is an example of the ideology of equality of condition put into practice?

In political speeches about the poor,those who are believed to deserve assistance are often termed the:

The game of Monopoly exemplifies equality of:

A professor assigns a group project.In one group,Darin does nearly all the work.Martin,Aaid,and Abbey seem to shirk responsibility,assuming that because it's a group,someone else will pull the extra weight.Viewed with a sociological lens,this is:

Lisa Geesh is a U.S.senator who supports policies that give preferential treatment to disadvantaged groups in employment and education.She is concerned with:

You are dependent on your professor for your grade.Your professor,in turn,is dependent on you for his or her job.Hegel would call this a(n):

Although Indian castes historically have been ________,increasing rates of ________ have made classifying children more difficult.

Vilfredo Pareto believed in a society in which status and mobility are based on individual attributes and ability,called:

The rise or fall of an individual (or group)from one social stratum to another is called ________ social mobility.

Hamilton is an African American college student who has benefited from affirmative action.Frank,another student,criticizes him,saying,"You'll sail through college because of affirmative action." Frank is misunderstanding what affirmative action is.Hamilton is benefiting from equality of ________,but Frank misperceives it as equality of ________.

Before Melissa's trip to India,she read a book that said India has four main castes.When she arrived,she asked Veda,an Indian woman,"Which of the four castes does your family belong to?" Veda smiled and corrected Melissa,pointing out that:

Ugo's promotion to regional manager at Sears with a higher salary and more prestige is an example of what type of vertical social mobility?

Which American job sector has greatly increased since the oil crisis of 1973?

What group sells its labor to the bourgeoisie to receive wages?

C.Wright Mills argues that there are three major institutions in the United States today that have the power to make decisions for the masses.What are they?

When compared to low-income students with similar test scores and academic records,high-income students:

Compare and contrast Rousseau's perspective of social inequality with that of Malthus,Millar,and Ferguson.

Jim gets a job in a group home for disabled adults.The executive director tells Jim that if he works hard and earns favorable reviews,he could work his way up to a position of greater responsibility and income.Such a system is referred to as: