Social Stratification Questions

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1. "Social stratification" is a concept that refers to

a. specialization in productive work.

b. society ranking categories of people in a hierarchy.

c. the idea that all people are created equal.

d. differences in peoples individual ability.

2. Because of social stratification in the nited States!a. soe people have ore privileges and opportunities than others do.

b. all people begin life on a level playing field.

c. working hard is the only way people becoe wealthy.

d. ost failies have about the sae life chances.

#. $ead the following four stateents about social stratification. %hich stateent is &'(

correct)

a. Social stratification is a trait of society.

b. Social stratification is universal and also variable.

c. * failys social standing typically changes a great deal fro generation to generation.

d. Social stratification involves beliefs about how and why people should be unequal.

+. ,n theory! which of the following involves the greatest aount of social obility)

a. a class syste

b. an endogaous syste

c. a caste systed. a eritocracy

-. ,n what share of the worlds societies do we find social stratification)

a. in none of the

b. in ost of the

c. in all of the

d. in only the worlds low/incoe societies

0. * caste syste is defined as

a. social stratification based on ascription! or birth.

b. social stratification based on individual achieveent.

c. a eritocracy.

d. any social syste in which categories of people are unequal.

. (he gradual transition of a caste syste to a class syste

a. brings an end to ost social inequality.

b. replaces one kind of inequality with another.

c. eans that individualsbut no longer failiesare unequal.d. eans that ranked categories of people becoe ore clearly defined.

3. (he concept 4eritocracy5 refers to social stratification

a. with no social obility.

b. in which all people 4know their place.5

c. based entirely on personal erit.

d. as it is coonly found in agrarian societies.

6. %hy do class systes retain soe caste/like qualities 7such as the inheritance of wealth8!


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rather than becoing coplete eritocracies)

a. (oo any people would be poor if inequality were based only on erit.

b. 9eeping soe caste qualities increases a societys productivity.

c. * pure eritocracy would eliinate failies and reduce social order.

d. Soe caste eleents increase social obility.

1:. (he concept "structural social obility" refers to

a. cultural beliefs that ;ustify social stratification.

b. change in social position due to peoples own efforts.

c. change in the social position of any people due to changes in society itself.

d. change in a failys social position fro one generation to the ne


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1. * fair criticis of the Aavis/?oore thesis is the fact that

a. ost people believe that all ;obs have the sae iportance.

b. any societies in world history have had no inequality.

c. it is not so easy to assess the social iportance of various ;obs.d. low/paid people have always done the ost difficult ;obs.

13. ollowing 9arl ?ar

a. class conflict.b. negotiation and coproise.

c. the abolition of work itself.

d. greater wealth for all.

21. %hile the Aavis and ?oore thesis suggests 4to each according to the iportance of ones

work!5 9arl ?ar< supported the idea

a. 4to each the sae! fro each the sae.5

b. 4each gets! in the end! what is deserved.5c. 4fro each according to ability! to each according to need.5

d. 4to each according to his faily.5

22. %ork involving ostly anual labor is called

a. blue/collar work.

b. white/collar work.c. pink/collar work.

d. grey/collar work.

2#. ?ost of todays labor force is involved ina. blue/collar work.

b. white/collar work.c. anual labor.

d. industrial factory work.

2+. %hich of the following stateents is &'( one of the reasons that a socialist revolution did

not take place as 9arl ?ar< predicted)

a. Stock places ownership of copanies in the hands of tens of illions of people.


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b. Civing standards have risen over tie.

c. (here is no longer any concentration of wealth in our society.

d. (he law affords workers far greater legal protection.

2-. ?a< %eber considered an individuals social position to be

a. a atter of only econoic class.

b. a atter of only status or prestige.c. a atter of only power.

d. a atter of econoic class! status! and power.

20. %hile ?ar< thought of inequality in ters of two ain classes! %eber

a. described a ultidiensional status hierarchy.

b. thought of inequality in ters of three ain classes.

c. considered all people to be ore or less equal.

d. saw todays societies as one large iddle class.

2. 9arl ?ar< believed that socialis would end social stratification by abolishing private

property. %hat was %ebers view)

a. %eber agreed with ?ar


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a. 2: percent

b. #- percent

c. 0: percent

d. 3: percent

##. (he lowest/ranking +: percent of .S. failies have

a. #: percent of all privately held wealth.b. 2: percent of all privately held wealth.

c. 1: percent of all privately held wealth.

d. no wealth at all.

#+. %hich stateent about ;obs is &'( correct)

a. ?ost of the highest/ranked occupations in the nited States are doinated by woen.

b. 'ccupational prestige rankings are uch the sae in all high/incoe nations.

c. ?ost high/prestige occupations require e


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+:. ,n general! people in the DDDDDDDDDDDDDD tend to be less tolerant of controversial behavior

such as hooseow is incoe linked to the likelihood that people vote in presidential elections)

a. (here is no clear linkF people of all incoe levels are equally likely to vote.

b. (he higher the incoe! the greater the share of people who vote.

c. (he lower the incoe! the greater the share of people who vote.

d. 4Self/ade5 people are ore likely to vote than those who inherit wealth.

+2. Gena and her husband ?ark are arried and have a low social position. %e would e


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+. Eontrolled for inflation! the average incoe of *frican *ericans in the nited States

a. has risen draatically over the last three decades.

b. has risen slowly and steadily over the last three decades.

c. has declined over the last three decades.

d. has changed little in the last three decades.

+3. ,n 2::3! DDDDDDDDDD people were counted by the governent as having incoe below theofficial poverty line.

a. 6.3 illion

b. 16.3 illion

c. #6.3 illion

d. 6.3 illion

+6. ,n reality! the average .S. faily defined as poor has incoe that is

a. well above the poverty line.

b. ostly in the for of earnings fro investents.

c. alost e


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b. was aking people rich.

c. was pushing the birth rate too low.

d. did not reach enough poor people.

-0. Ciberal critics of the welfare refor argued thata. ost governent 4welfare5 actually goes to well/off people in the for of financial subsidies

to industry and ta< deductions for hoe ortgage payents.b. few failies who turn to welfare are truly needy.

c. welfare refor has been successful in reducing poverty.

d. poor people theselves! not the governent! should be responsible for reducing poverty.

-. (he best estiate is that DDDDDDDDD people in the nited States are hoeless for soe tie

during a given year.

a. 0:!::: to 1::!:::

b. 10:!::: to 1 illion

c. between 1.0 and # illion

d. ore than 10 illion

-3. %hich stateent about hoeless people in the nited States is E'$$@E()a. ?ost hoeless adults are entally ill.

b. ?ost hoeless adults are substance abusers.

c. (he elderly are the fastest/growing category of the hoeless.

d. 'ne/third of all hoeless people are entire failies.

-6. ,n the nited States! ost people

a. see to accept a high level of incoe inequality.

b. define society and not the poor as responsible for poverty.

c. think that governent should act to eliinate poverty.

d. support a federal iniu incoe level.

0:. %hich of the following stateents about incoe inequality is ($@)a. >igher incoe inequality has easurable negative effects on people of all incoe brackets!

even those who are wealthy.

b. Cower incoe inequality is the result of policies that keep all ebers of a society relatively

poor.

c. ,n nature! incoe inequality is acceptableF only in society is incoe inequality considered

ob;ectionable.d. ,n relatively wealthy nations! incoe inequality is not a significant social proble.

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