Deck 1: The Road to Social Inequality: a Conceptual Introduction

Question 1

Companies like Walmart that use enterprise systems and similar systems are found to have

A)more loyal employees than corporations that do not these systems
B)more trust between employees and management than corporations that do not use these systems
C)greater productivity than corporations that do not use these systems
D)employees that they consider indispensable
E)better employee hiring and benefit plans

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Globalization has had no real effect on economic changes in nations around the world.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Sociologists agree that there is no prevalence of social inequality in society.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

An American ideology that supports U.S.society's social stratification system and distribution of wealth includes all but one of the following?

A)group achievement
B)individual achievement
C)equal opportunity
D)hard work

Question 5

Social stratification is

A)the natural order of society
B)differences in access to rewards,resources,and privileges
C)variation in access to employment
D)differences in where one chooses to go to school and work

Question 6

Social inequality refers to variations in access to all but which of the following?

A)wealth
B)income
C)jobs
D)marital status
E)education

Question 7

Educational opportunities are impacted by which of the following forms of capital?

A)human
B)social
C)cultural
D)financial
E)all of the above

Question 8

Globalization has provided large corporations large profits and individuals even larger profits as well as greater job security.

Question 9

The global economy has resulted in the poorer people in society seeing a decrease in their incomes and the wealthier seeing an increase in their incomes.

Question 10

The U.S.produces lower economic inequality than other developed nations and also lower rates of physical and mental illness.

Question 11

The American ideology emphasizes individual achievement,equal opportunity,and the importance of hard work.

Question 12

Societies that are socially stratified provide different amounts of resources to different groups of people.

Question 13

With a global economy there has been

A)an increase in social inequality
B)a decrease in social inequality
C)less downsizing and outsourcing by corporations
D)greater economic stability among poorer nations
E)a decrease in profits for large corporations

Question 14

Doob explains that higher-class members of society,whites,and males have had greater opportunities than

A)racial and ethnic minorities
B)women
C)the elderly
D)lower-class people
E)all of the above

Question 15

Globalization

A)is a fairly new process
B)is a very new process
C)is a fairly new term
D)is nonexistent in today's global world

Question 16

The U.S.produces greater economic inequality than other developed nations and also lower life expectancy rates and higher crime rates.

Question 17

The U.S.produces greater economic inequality than other developed nations and has

A)lower rates of physical illness
B)higher life expectancy rates
C)higher rates of mental illness
D)lower crime rates
E)greater rates of college completion

Question 18

The Gini index has results that are

A)difficult to compute
B)extremely easy to compute
C)like the system for rating football quarterbacks
D)a and b
E)a and c

Question 19

The slow pace of trade in the global economy has resulted in both wealthy and poor nations sharing opportunities to lead the way.

Question 20

The measurement of a nation's statistical distribution of income or wealth inequality is called the Bimini index.

Question 21

Discuss the pros and cons of the enterprise systems used by Walmart and other large corporations.

Question 22

While all adults have cultural capital,the wealthy have used certain types of this capital to obtain educational and occupational success and advancement.

Question 23

A social class is a large group of people who are ranked similarly by their wealth,occupation,education,and income.

Question 24

What are the types of capital discussed by Doob and what do they entail?

Question 25

According to the text,there are three forms of capital

Question 26

How can cultural capital impact human capital?

Question 27

Educational opportunities are inextricably linked to the various forms of capital.Explain each of the forms of capital and how education is related to each.

Question 28

Research on social reproduction finds that most Americans will find themselves in the same class positions as their parents

Question 29

An example of a habitas is a neighborhood where residents have shared attitudes,behavior and experiences.

Question 30

Walmart's use of enterprise systems has resulted in little employee loyalty