Exam 7: Stratification: Rich and Famous or Rages and Famine

What are two ways that the digital divide impacts social stratification? What is something that can be done by the United States or the United Nations that could address the problems you detail?

The poorest countries in the world are in Latin America.

The middle class, as defined by sociologists, makes up about 50% of the population in the United States.

Which of the following is an example of cultural capital?

Which of the following is a meso-level factor that can shape social stratification?

__________ refers to the extent and direction of individual movement in the social stratification system.

Heart disease and cancer are the leading causes of death in the developing world.

One solution to the digital divide is the creation of a "simputer," or a less expensive, more multilingual computer.

Lindsey needs a car to get back and forth from her home in the city to her university, which are four miles apart. When shopping for a car, Lindsey decides to buy a Hummer H3 because she wants a car that her peers will notice and respect. Through this purchase, Lindsey exhibits:

All of the following are predetermined in caste stratification systems except:

Which of the following is a micro-level factor that can shape social stratification?

The concept of status inconsistency is associated with Marx.

Name one function of poverty described in the text and briefly discuss how the poor in the world and the poor in the United States serve that function.

Structural-functional theorists believe that stratification is avoidable in modern societies.

All of the following are main assumptions of stratification except:

Terry, a sociology major, decides that his senior project will be to explain to lower-class people how they are being exploited by those who control the means of production. In terms of social stratification, Terry is most likely a(n):

Since 1969, the middle class in the United States has:

Describe three policy measures taken in the United States to address poverty as a social problem. In your answer, detail the effectiveness of the program. Also, address how you would change the policy to make it more effective. Would your changes make the policy more or less popular in public opinion? Explain.

Compare and contrast the structural-functional and conflict views of social stratification. In your discussion, detail the key assumptions from each theory. Finally, show how evolutionary theory draws from both structural-functional theory and conflict theory in its understanding of social stratification. Which theory do you find most accurate and why?

In the United States, members of the lower class tend to vote liberal on economic issues.