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Chapter 7: Stratification: Rich and Famous—or Rags and Famine?
Test Bank
Multiple Choice
1. Which of the following is a social condition in which privileges, opportunities, and substantial rewards are given to people in some positions but denied to others?
a. social stratification
b. relative poverty
c. inequality
d. slavery
Learning Objective: 7.1: Describe what social stratification means for individuals and groups.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Stratification
Difficulty Level: Easy
2. Which statement regarding slavery is TRUE?
a. Slavery no longer exists.
b. Men and boys make up a slight majority of slaves.
c. Children make up more than one out of every four slaves.
d. Slavery exists in some Global South nations, but is virtually non-existent in Global North countries.
Learning Objective: 7.1: Describe what social stratification means for individuals and groups.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Stratification
Difficulty Level: Hard
3. Which of the following refers to how individuals are layered or ranked in society according to how many valued resources they possess?
a. social differentiation
b. social stratification
c. social capital
d. social status
Learning Objective: 7.1: Describe what social stratification means for individuals and groups.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Importance of Social Stratification
Difficulty Level: Easy
4. In an industrial society, ownership of ______ and occupational skills determine class status.
a. the means of production
b. the proletariat
c. livestock
d. the bourgeoisie
Learning Objective: 7.1: Describe what social stratification means for individuals and groups.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Importance of Social Stratification
Difficulty Level: Medium
5. Knowledge, skills, language mastery, style of dress, and values that provide a person with access to a particular status in society is known as ______ capital.
a. cultural
b. economic
c. social
d. individual
Learning Objective: 7.1: Describe what social stratification means for individuals and groups.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Micro-Level Prestige and Influence
Difficulty Level: Easy
6. Which of the following is an example of cultural capital?
a. money
b. self-confidence
c. a college degree
d. gender
Learning Objective: 7.1: Describe what social stratification means for individuals and groups.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Micro-Level Prestige and Influence
Difficulty Level: Medium
7. Which type of capital refers to connections or networks with people who have influence?
a. cultural
b. economic
c. social
d. individual
Learning Objective: 7.1: Describe what social stratification means for individuals and groups.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Micro-Level Prestige and Influence
Difficulty Level: Medium
8. Which of the following is an example of social capital?
a. a graduate certificate
b. a country club membership
c. physical attractiveness
d. fluency in a foreign language
Learning Objective: 7.2: Compare key theoretical perspectives on stratification.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Micro-Level Prestige and Influence
Difficulty Level: Medium
9. Which of the following is a meso-level factor that can influence social stratification?
a. the global economy
b. political affiliation
c. quick-wittedness
d. leadership skills
Learning Objective: 7.1: Describe what social stratification means for individuals and groups.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Meso-Level Access to Resources
Difficulty Level: Medium
10. Which of the following is a macro-level factor that can shape social stratification?
a. a nation’s position in the world economy
b. language skills
c. educational attainment
d. state taxes
Learning Objective: 7.1: Describe what social stratification means for individuals and groups.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Macro-Level Factors Influencing Stratification
Difficulty Level: Medium
11. Higher-class parents tend to stress which of the following?
a. obeying authoring figures
b. thinking and questioning skills
c. following rules
d. building hands-on skills
Learning Objective: 7.2: Compare key theoretical perspectives on stratification.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Symbolic Interaction Theory
Difficulty Level: Medium
12. 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. What is Lindsey exhibiting through this purchase?
a. status inconsistency
b. social capital
c. conspicuous consumption
d. branding
Learning Objective: 7.2: Compare key theoretical perspectives on stratification.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Symbolic Interaction Theory
Difficulty Level: Medium
13. Which term means being able to delay rewards or benefits until a later time?
a. status inconsistency
b. delayed gratification
c. conspicuous consumption
d. social capital
Learning Objective: 7.2: Compare key theoretical perspectives on stratification.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Rational Choice Theory
Difficulty Level: Easy
14. Rational choice theorists focus on how one’s ______ influence one’s place in the social system.
a. biological characteristics
b. ascribed statuses
c. interactions
d. choices
Learning Objective: 7.2: Compare key theoretical perspectives on stratification.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Rational Choice Theory
Difficulty Level: Easy
15. Jason is writing a paper on social stratification. The basic argument of his paper is that the CEOs deserve high salaries due to the value and difficulty of their positions.. Jason’s argument reflects which of the following theories of stratification?
a. feminist theory
b. structural-functional theory
c. conflict theory
d. symbolic interactionist theory
Learning Objective: 7.2: Compare key theoretical perspectives on stratification.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Structural-Functional Theory
Difficulty Level: Medium
16. Which of the following is a criticism of structural-functional theory?
a. It has been criticized for its inability to recognize that some positions are more important to society than others.
b. It has been criticized for overemphasizing the conflict that societies experience.
c. It has been criticized for its inability to explain why some people who do not provide vital services for society receive great rewards.
d. It has been criticized for its inability to acknowledge that poverty actually serves certain functions for society.
Learning Objective: 7.2: Compare key theoretical perspectives on stratification.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Structural-Functional Theory
Difficulty Level: Hard
17. Which of the following is a key assumption of a conflict theorist’s view of social stratification?
a. Differential rewards must be offered to motivate talented individuals into difficult positions.
b. Stratification is the outcome of struggles for dominance amid scarce resources.
c. Stratification is the outcome of values, speech patterns, consumption habits, appropriate group memberships, and self-concepts learned through socialization.
d. Stratification is inevitable—and generally necessary.
Learning Objective: 7.2: Compare key theoretical perspectives on stratification.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Conflict Theory
Difficulty Level: Medium
18. According to Karl Marx, which of the following was TRUE of the proletariat?
a. They could create a classless society if they developed a class consciousness.
b. They controlled the means of production.
c. They controlled the norms and values of society.
d. They held the power in society.
Learning Objective: 7.2: Compare key theoretical perspectives on stratification.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Conflict Theory
Difficulty Level: Medium
19. Max Weber asserted that ______ are the three influential factors that determine stratification.
a. gender, race, and power
b. power, prestige, and gender
c. property, power, and charisma
d. property, power, and prestige
Learning Objective: 7.2: Compare key theoretical perspectives on stratification.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Conflict Theory
Difficulty Level: Easy
20. ______ is money received from work or investments, whereas ______ is the worth of a person based on his or her financial holdings.
a. Income; wealth
b. Wealth; income
c. Interest; earnings
d. Earnings; interest
Learning Objective: 7.2: Compare key theoretical perspectives on stratification.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Conflict Theory
Difficulty Level: Medium
21. Which theory, influenced by both structural-functional theory and conflict theory, assesses how scarce resources are distributed and how that distribution informs stratification?
a. dependency theory
b. symbolic interaction theory
c. kinship-orientation theory
d. evolutionary theory
Learning Objective: 7.2: Compare key theoretical perspectives on stratification.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Evolutionary Theory of Stratification: A Synthesis
Difficulty Level: Easy
22. Which term refers to one’s opportunities, depending on both achieved and ascribed statuses in society?
a. social mobility
b. social capital
c. life expectancy
d. life chances
Learning Objective: 7.3: Explain how achieved and ascribed characteristics impact individuals’ life chances.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Individual Life Chances
Difficulty Level: Easy
23. A teacher may have high prestige but low income. This is an example of ______.
a. status inequality
b. status confusion
c. status stratification
d. status inconsistency
Learning Objective: 7.4: Explain what affects your chances for social mobility.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Political Involvement
Difficulty Level: Medium
24. First-generation college graduates who become physicians reflect which type of mobility?
a. intragenerational mobility
b. intergenerational mobility
c. horizontal mobility
d. open mobility
Learning Objective: 7.4: Explain what affects your chances for social mobility.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Types of Social Mobility
Difficulty Level: Medium
25. Mya started her career with the local high school as a teacher’s aide. Throughout her time with the school, she has moved up the ladder to become the school’s superintendent. This is an example of which of the following types of mobility?
a. intragenerational
b. intergenerational
c. horizontal
d. educational
Learning Objective: 7.4: Explain what affects your chances for social mobility.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Types of Social Mobility
Difficulty Level: Medium
26. Researchers from Harvard and Berkeley conducted the largest study of inequality in the United States to date. Which of the following did their research reveal?
a. Social mobility is higher in the United States than in other Global North nations.
b. Social mobility is highly variable by region.
c. Family income and wealth has little effect on a child’s opportunity for future upward mobility.
d. Social mobility is higher than it’s ever been in the United States.
Learning Objective: 7.4: Explain what affects your chances for social mobility.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Factors Affecting and Individual’s Mobility
Difficulty Level: Medium
27. What is the term used to describe the disparity between social classes with regard to the range of words children learn at home?
a. fluency lapse
b. verbal stratification
c. word gap
d. language inequality
Learning Objective: 7.4: Explain what affects your chances for social mobility.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Family Background, Socialization, Marriage, and Education
Difficulty Level: Easy
28. In a(n) ______ , positions are allocated to a social group or organization according to individuals’ abilities and credentials.
a. plutocracy
b. meritocracy
c. open class system
d. oligarchy
Learning Objective: 7.4: Explain what affects your chances for social mobility.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Family Background, Socialization, Marriage, and Education
Difficulty Level: Easy
29. In ______ stratification systems, individuals are allowed to earn positions through their abilities and efforts.
a. ascribed
b. closed
c. achieved
d. mobile
Learning Objective: 7.3: Explain how achieved and ascribed characteristics impact individuals’ life chances.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Major Stratification Systems: Macro-Level Analysis
Difficulty Level: Easy
30. Which of the following types of stratification systems refers to a system in which occupational position is pre-determined, marriage partner is based on level of prestige, and use of clothing is a prominent way of portraying ranking?
a. estate system
b. caste system
c. mobile system
d. closed system
Learning Objective: 7.3: Explain how achieved and ascribed characteristics impact individuals’ life chances.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Ascribed Status: Caste and Estate Systems
Difficulty Level: Medium
31. Which is the highest social caste in India’s caste system?
a. Kshatriyas
b. Rajputs
c. Dalits
d. Brahmans
Learning Objective: 7.3: Explain how achieved and ascribed characteristics impact individuals’ life chances.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Ascribed Status: Caste and Estate Systems
Difficulty Level: Hard
32. The Hindu religion holds that individuals are born into one of four varnas or into a fifth group below the caste system. What is the fifth group known as?
a. Brahmans
b. Sudras
c. Dalits
d. Rajputs
Learning Objective: 7.3: Explain how achieved and ascribed characteristics impact individuals’ life chances.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Ascribed Status: Caste and Estate Systems
Difficulty Level: Hard
33. According to some conflict theorists, Mark Zuckerberg, chairman, CEO, and founder of Facebook, is a member of which of the following?
a. the proletariat
b. the power elite
c. the high council
d. the illuminati
Learning Objective: 7.5: Compare pluralist and power elite perspectives on stratification.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Achieved Status: Social Class in the United States
Difficulty Level: Medium
34. Which model of power argues that power is shared among many power centers, each of which has its own self-interests to protect?
a. pluralist power theory
b. power elite theory
c. evolutionary theory
d. estate theory
Learning Objective: 7.5: Compare pluralist and power elite perspectives on stratification.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Achieved Status: Social Class in the United States
Difficulty Level: Easy
35. When given a choice between lower class, working class, upper-middle class, and upper class, 51% of Americans will say they are ______.
a. lower class
b. working class
c. upper-middle class
d. upper class
Learning Objective: 7.5: Compare pluralist and power elite perspectives on stratification.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Examples of Social Classes in the United States
Difficulty Level: Hard
36. Charles has no prestige, very little access to power, no accumulated wealth, and insufficient means to survive. Which type of poverty describes Charles’ situation?
a. absolute poverty
b. relative poverty
c. vertical poverty
d. horizontal poverty
Learning Objective: 7.6: Discuss inequality and poverty from a sociological perspective.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Poverty and Social Policy
Difficulty Level: Medium
37. Emily works and makes a modest salary. However, she is unable to provide new clothes or a two-bedroom apartment for her and her children. What is Emily experiencing?
a. vertical mobility
b. absolute poverty
c. relative poverty
d. status inconsistency
Learning Objective: 7.6: Discuss inequality and poverty from a sociological perspective.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Poverty and Social Policy
Difficulty Level: Medium
38. In 2016, among those ages 18–64, 9.7% of males and 13.4% of females in the U.S. lived in poverty. This concentration of women make up a growing proportion of those in poverty known as the ______.
a. relative poverty line
b. feminization of poverty
c. absolute poverty
d. supplemental poverty line
Learning Objective: 7.6: Discuss inequality and poverty from a sociological perspective.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Poverty and Social Policy
Difficulty Level: Medium
39. Which of the following statements about poverty and wealth is TRUE?
a. Most people living in poverty have at least some property-based income.
b. Only a small percentage of impoverished people depend on help from government agency and private organizations.
c. The top 1% of the world’s population owns more wealth than the rest of the population.
d. The wealth gap is due to functional issues in select countries.
Learning Objective: 7.6: Discuss inequality and poverty from a sociological perspective.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Poverty and Social Policy
Difficulty Level: Medium
40. Though technology—such as cell phones and computers—is increasingly affordable, there is still what is referred to as a ______ between the rich and the poor, for example.
a. digital rift
b. digital gap
c. digital ocean
d. digital divide
Learning Objective: 7.6: Discuss inequality and poverty from a sociological perspective.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: National and Global Digital Divide: Macro-Level Stratification
Difficulty Level: Medium
True/False
1. Almost all societies stratify its members.
Learning Objective: 7.1: Describe what social stratification means for individuals and groups.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Macro-Level Factors Influencing Stratification
Difficulty Level: Easy
2. Symbolic interaction theorists focus on the role of cultural capital in producing social stratification.
Learning Objective: 7.2: Compare key theoretical perspectives on stratification.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Symbolic Interaction Theory
Difficulty Level: Medium
3. Structural-functional theorists believe that stratification is avoidable in modern societies.
Learning Objective: 7.2: Compare key theoretical perspectives on stratification.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Structural-Functional Theory
Difficulty Level: Medium
4. According to structural-functionalists, the unequal distribution of status and wealth in society motivates people to carry out their roles.
Learning Objective: 7.2: Compare key theoretical perspectives on stratification.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Structural-Functional Theory
Difficulty Level: Medium
5. Karl Marx focused primarily on economic inequality in describing social stratification.
Learning Objective: 7.2: Compare key theoretical perspectives on stratification.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Conflict Theory
Difficulty Level: Easy
6. All of Karl Marx’s predictions regarding the bourgeoisie and the proletariat have come true.
Learning Objective: 7.2: Compare key theoretical perspectives on stratification.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Conflict Theory
Difficulty Level: Medium
7. According to more recent conflict theorists, the petit bourgeoisie sell their labor to capitalists and manage the labor of others for them.
Learning Objective: 7.2: Compare key theoretical perspectives on stratification.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Conflict Theory
Difficulty Level: Medium
8. The distribution of wealth and income in the United States is more uneven today than at any time since before the depression in 1929.
Learning Objective: 7.2: Compare key theoretical perspectives on stratification.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Conflict Theory
Difficulty Level: Easy
9. Evolutionary theory borrows assumptions from both conflict and symbolic interaction theories.
Learning Objective: 7.2: Compare key theoretical perspectives on stratification.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Evolutionary Theory of Stratification: A Synthesis
Difficulty Level: Medium
10. According to evolutionary theorists, high levels of inequality may undermine motivation and productivity.
Learning Objective: 7.2: Compare key theoretical perspectives on stratification.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Evolutionary Theory of Stratification: A Synthesis
Difficulty Level: Medium
11. Your lifestyle includes your attitudes, beliefs, behavior patterns, and other aspects of your place in the world, as shaped by socialization.
Learning Objective: 7.3: Explain how achieved and ascribed characteristics impact individuals’ life chances.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Individual Lifestyles
Difficulty Level: Easy
12. Those with lower levels of education and income tend to vote liberally on many issues relating to minorities and civil rights.
Learning Objective: 7.3: Explain how achieved and ascribed characteristics impact individuals’ life chances.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Political Involvement
Difficulty Level: Medium
13. If you are the first in your family to go to college, this would represent intergenerational mobility.
Learning Objective: 7.4: Explain what affects your chances for social mobility.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Types of Social Mobility
Difficulty Level: Medium
14. Intragenerational mobility refers to change in social class status compared with one’s parents.
Learning Objective: 7.4: Explain what affects your chances for social mobility.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Types of Social Mobility
Difficulty Level: Medium
15. A high-income student with just mediocre math scores has the same chances of earning a bachelor’s degree as a low-income student with the highest math scores.
Learning Objective: 7.4: Explain what affects your chances for social mobility.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Family Background, Socialization, Marriage, and Education
Difficulty Level: Easy
16. The middle class has been growing in recent decades.
Learning Objective: 7.4: Explain what affects your chances for social mobility.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Is There a “Land of Opportunity”? Cross-Cultural Mobility
Difficulty Level: Easy
17. Caste systems are typically based on ascribed statuses.
Learning Objective: 7.4: Explain what affects your chances for social mobility.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Ascribed Status: Caste and Estate Systems
Difficulty Level: Easy
18. Estate systems are based on achieved statuses.
Learning Objective: 7.4: Explain what affects your chances for social mobility.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Ascribed Status: Caste and Estate Systems
Difficulty Level: Easy
19. The members of the power elite grow up together, attending the same private schools and belonging to the same private clubs.
Learning Objective: 7.5: Compare the pluralist and power elite perspectives on stratification.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Achieved Status: Social Class in the United States
Difficulty Level: Easy
20. Pluralist theorists argue that power is held exclusively by an elite group.
Learning Objective: 7.5: Compare the pluralist and power elite perspectives on stratification.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Achieved Status: Social Class in the United States
Difficulty Level: Easy
21. The core idea of pluralist theorists is that many centers of power create at least come checks and balances on those in elite positions.
Learning Objective: 7.5: Compare the pluralist and power elite perspectives on stratification.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Achieved Status: Social Class in the United States
Difficulty Level: Easy
22. The world’s eight richest men own more wealth than the poorest half of the world’s population.
Learning Objective: 7.6: Discuss inequality and poverty from a sociological perspective.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Individuals’ Social Status: The Micro Level
Difficulty Level: Medium
23. If you were raised by a single mother, you have a greater chance of experiencing poverty.
Learning Objective: 7.6: Discuss inequality and poverty from a sociological perspective.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Poverty and Social Policy
Difficulty Level: Medium
24. The number of homeless has increased by about 15% since 2010.
Learning Objective: 7.6: Discuss inequality and poverty from a sociological perspective.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Poverty and Social Policy
Difficulty Level: Medium
25. The growing use of personal computers has helped shrink the digital divide more than anything else.
Learning Objective: 7.7: Illustrate how the digital divide helps stratify people.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: National and Global Digital Divide: Macro-Level Stratification
Difficulty Level: Medium
Essay
1. How does slavery today differ from slavery in the 19th century?
Learning Objective: 7.1: Describe what social stratification means for individuals and groups.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Stratification
Difficulty Level: Hard
2. Compare and contrast cultural capital and social capital. Provide examples of each.
Learning Objective: 7.1: Describe what social stratification means for individuals and groups.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Micro-Level Prestige and Influence
Difficulty Level: Medium
3. Structural-functional theory was the dominant theory used to explain stratification until the mid-20th century. What are the major criticisms of this approach that have led most sociologists to adopt other perspectives?
Learning Objective: 7.2: Compare key theoretical perspectives on stratification.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Conflict Theory
Difficulty Level: Medium
4. In general, how do conflict theorists view stratification? How has this perspective evolved since Marx?
Learning Objective: 7.2: Compare key theoretical perspectives on stratification.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Conflict Theory
Difficulty Level: Hard
5. What is the difference between income and wealth? Provide examples of each.
Learning Objective: 7.2: Compare key theoretical perspectives on stratification.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Conflict Theory
Difficulty Level: Medium
6. How does evolutionary theory synthesize structural-functional and conflict theories?
Learning Objective: 7.2: Compare key theoretical perspectives on stratification.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Evolutionary Theory of Stratification: A Synthesis
Difficulty Level: Medium
7. What is the relationship between health and wealth in the United States?
Learning Objective: 7.3: Explain how achieved and ascribed characteristics impact individuals’ life chances.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Health, Social Conditions, and Life Expectancy
Difficulty Level: Medium
8. Why can studying social mobility be a complicated process? What are some of micro-, meso-, and macro-level factors that inform social mobility?
Learning Objective: 7.4: Explain what affects your chances for social mobility.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Types of Social Mobility
Difficulty Level: Medium
9. How can fertility rates affect a person’s social mobility? Provide an example.
Learning Objective: 7.4: Explain what affects your chances for social mobility.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Economic Vitality and Population Trends
Difficulty Level: Hard
10. How does the growth of the service sector relate to the shrinking middle class in the United States?
Learning Objective: 7.4: Explain what affects your chances for social mobility.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: “Is There a Land of Opportunity?” Cross-Cultural Mobility
Difficulty Level: Hard
11. What type of stratification system exists in the United States? What are the three main factors that inform our social class position? Describe each factor.
Learning Objective: 7.5: Compare pluralist and power elite perspectives on stratification.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Achieved Status: Social Class in the United States
Difficulty Level: Medium
12. What is the power elite? How do members of the power elite interact with each other?
Learning Objective: 7.5: Compare pluralist and power elite perspectives on stratification.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Achieved Status: Social Class in the United States
Difficulty Level: Medium
13. How do pluralist power theorists view interest groups?
Learning Objective: 7.5: Compare pluralist and power elite perspectives on stratification.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Achieved Status: Social Class in the United States
Difficulty Level: Medium
14. Compare and contrast absolute poverty and relative poverty. Provide examples of both.
Learning Objective: 7.6: Discuss inequality and poverty from a sociological perspective.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Poverty and Social Policy
Difficulty Level: Medium
15. Do most people realize the extent of inequality in the United States? Explain.
Learning Objective: 7.6: Discuss inequality and poverty from a sociological perspective.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Poverty and Social Policy
Difficulty Level: Hard
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