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When the Titanic sank, 40 percent of the first-class passengers died while 76 percent of the poorer third-class passengers died. This illustrates the effects of:
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| caste system |
| class consistency |
| social stratification |
| class system |
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Which type of society has the greatest degree of stratification?
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| industrial |
| hunting and gathering |
| agrarian |
| horticultural |
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Which is NOT a characteristic of a caste system?
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| parents and adult children share the same position |
| the boundaries are discrete |
| individual social mobility is encouraged |
| social status is ascribed |
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The British upper class possesses a high degree of political power, prestigious family background, and education. This is an example of:
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| stratification |
| class consistency |
| intergenerational mobility |
| none of the above |
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Class systems typically exhibit:
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| a fairly high amount of class consistency |
| little class consistency |
| moderate class consistency |
| erratic patterns of class consistency |
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Which is NOT one of Weber's components of class?
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| lifestyle |
| power |
| wealth |
| prestige |
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Which is NOT considered a blue-collar occupation?
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| machine repair |
| laborer |
| machine operator |
| clerical |
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Secretarial positions offer little money and low prestige. It is also a highly feminized occupation. This is an example of which type of job?
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| white-collar |
| pink-collar |
| blue-collar |
| none of the above |
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Professor Johnson determined his students' social classes by asking them to list their parents' levels of education, income, and occupation. Which method did he use?
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| objective |
| reputational |
| self-identification |
| subjective |
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The main difference between the upper-upper class and the lower-upper class is:
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| the upper class play polo and the lower-upper class do not |
| the upper class will marry only upper class |
| the lower-upper class have recently achieved wealth and success |
| the upper class uniformly have more wealth than the lower-upper class |
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The main difference between the upper-middle and the lower-middle classes is:
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| the upper-middle class emphasize career achievement, interpersonal skills, and creativity, while the lower class emphasize responsibility |
| the lower-middle class are more interested in sports than the upper-middle class |
| the upper-middle class marry only among themselves |
| the lower-middle class are downwardly mobile while the upper-middle class are upwardly mobile |
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Tracy is an engineer. Her parents were poor immigrants. This is an example of:
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| downward mobility |
| intergenerational mobility |
| structural mobility |
| economic restructuring |
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The Industrial Revolution allowed a tremendous expansion of the middle class throughout the United States. This is an example of:
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| intergenerational mobility |
| class mobility |
| structural mobility |
| downward mobility |
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What term did Thorsten Veblen use to refer to the act of spending money on useless things in order to gain esteem and status?
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| false consciousness |
| conspicuous consumption |
| class consciousness |
| structural mobility |
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According to Marx, the lower class adopts an ideology that is detrimental to them and leads them to accept their position in society. This is called:
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| class consciousness |
| structural inequality |
| false consciousness |
| stratification |
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Which is NOT true of the homeless?
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| the fastest growing segment of the homeless is families with young children |
| many of the homeless are substance abusers |
| the restructuring of the economy made it more difficult for the poor to find jobs for which they were qualified — some of these people became homeless |
| there is an abundant supply of housing for the poor |
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Many of India's poor are homeless and live in a state of near starvation. This is an example of:
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| structural poverty |
| relative poverty |
| culture of poverty |
| absolute poverty |
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Sociologist William Julius Wilson's term to describe the urban poor who are trapped in a cycle of unemployment, deviance, crime, and welfare dependency is:
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| hyper-deprivation |
| false consciousness |
| culture of poverty |
| truly disadvantaged |
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Some poor develop norms and values such as spending their money as soon as they get it. These mechanisms that help the poor adapt to their situation are called:
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| status adaptation |
| culture of poverty |
| class consciousness |
| oppositional subculture |
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Which theory argues that people are only willing to share when it is in their best interest?
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| Conflict |
| Distributive Systems |
| Structural Functionalism |
| Symbolic Interaction |
