QUESTIONS
Question 1
According to Karl Marx, class position and the extent of our income and wealth are determined by our work situation, or our relationship to
- The system and the man
- Owning reproduction
- Owning private property and owning public property
- The means of production
- All of these
Question 2
According to the Davis-Moore thesis:
- Equality is functional for societies
- The greater the functional importance of a position, the more rewards a society attaches to it.
- Stratification will be eventually eliminated in the United States due to its being a meritocracy
- Global inequality results from global multinational corporations
- All of these
Question 3
_____ is the term for a change in social position occurring during a person’s lifetime and _____ is the term for the upward or downward social mobility of children in relation to their parents.
- Intergenerational social mobility: international generational social mobility
- Intergenerational social mobility: intragenerational social mobility
- Intragenerational social mobility; intergenerational social mobility
- Intergenerational social mobility: gastrointestinal social mobility
- All of these
Question 4
_____ is the term for the total value of money and other assets, minus outstanding debts, and _____is the term for earnings from work or investments.
- Income; wealth
- Income; personal property
- Profit; income
- Wealth; income
- Rent; net worth
Question 5
The following are all true of the racial wealth gap EXCEPT:
- The median wealth of white households is about thirteen times higher than the media wealth of African American households
- The median wealth of white households is about ten times higher than the median wealth of Hispanic households
- Pre-existing family wealth is not factored in when sociologists calculate the gap.
- It continues to widen in terms of wealth creation
- It continues to widen in terms of wealth maintenance
Question 6
Which of the following is true of the feminization of poverty?
- It refers to the trend in which women are disproportionately represented among individuals living in poverty
- It is based on the shortcomings of femininity
- All women are equally vulnerable to poverty
- It is a theory based on the culture of poverty
- All of these
Question 7
_____ refers to a life-threatening deprivation of resources, while _____ refers to the deprivation of some people in relation to those who have more.
- Absolute poverty; comparative poverty
- Normative deprivation; non-normative deprivation
- Relative poverty: absolute poverty
- Comparative deprivation: Incomparable deprivation
- Absolute power; relative poverty
Question 8
Marx claimed social stratification would end with the creation of a socialist economy. What was Weber’s view?
- Weber thought capitalism could not be changed
- Weber thought socialism would create a new high-prestige nobility
- Weber agreed with Marx
- Weber thought socialism would reduce economic differences but also create a political elite, increasing in power.
- Weber thought social stratification would only increase as the world became more meritocratized.
Question 9
If a person works for a small international corporation, this category of work could be described as
- White collar work
- Black-collar work
- Pink-collar work
- Itinerant work
Question 10
Some critics claim that modernization theory
- Amounts to an attack on socialism
- Ignores how rich nations prevent the economic development of poor nations
- Lacks a focus grounded in sociology
- Treats rich and poor societies as linked
- All of these
ANSWERS
Question 1
According to Karl Marx, class position and the extent of our income and wealth are determined by our work situation, or our relationship to
- The system and the man
- Owning reproduction
- Owning private property and owning public property
- The means of production
- All of these
Correct Answer: The means of production
Question 2
According to the Davis-Moore thesis:
- Equality is functional for societies
- The greater the functional importance of a position, the more rewards a society attaches to it.
- Stratification will be eventually eliminated in the United States due to its being a meritocracy
- Global inequality results from global multinational corporations
- All of these
Correct Answer: ….
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