Chapter 8 - Quiz

Question 1

Since 1935, the general distribution of income has _______.

Answer 1

remained largely consistent

Question 2

The income for the top five CEO is ______ time higher than that of the average worker’s income in the United States.

Answer 2

1225

Question 3

Why might a farmer have a great deal of wealth but very little income ?

Answer 3

He might own a lot of land but have a hard time turning a profit on his crops.

Question 4

Weber identified property, power, and _________ as the three elements of the social class.

Answer 4

prestige.

Question 5

Bank accounts, stocks, and bonds, cash, and commodities are all examples of someone’s _______.

Answer 5

property.

Question 6

Wright Millis coined the term power elite to refer to _______.

Answer 6

those who make the big decisions in U.S society.

Question 7

Income is ______.

Answer 7

a flow of money.

Question 8

Which of these situations is most likely to lead to anomie?

Answer 8

Status inconsistency that is a result of sudden wealth.

Question 9

In Marx’s model of social class, which of the following people would be considered a member of the bourgeoisie?

Answer 9

An owner of an auto repair shop who owns the building.

Question 10

Which of the following people would be a member of the petty bourgeoisie based on Erik Wright’s modification of Karl Marx’s model?

Answer 10

An owner of a small cafe

Question 11

Which of the following people could be said to occupy contradictory class location?

Answer 11

An automobile mechanic who became a business owner.

Question 12

Which of the following is most likely true of the nouveau riche?

• They are highly esteemed by those with “old money.”
• They are considered “blue-bloods”
• They are not trusted by the “old money” class to have the right orientations to life.
• They include those listed in the Social Register.

Answer 12

They are not trusted by the “old money” class to have the right orientations to life.

Question 13

Which if the following is most likely to be true of people who are higher on the social class ladder?

Answer 13

They have greater control over their lives than people on the lower end of the social class ladder.

Question 14

Children of the capitalist class have _____.

Answer 14

the fewest “eligible” marriage partners of any class.

Question 15

Why is the death rate among elderly poor people higher than the death rate among elderly wealthy people?

Answer 15

The wealthy have better access to medical care.

Question 16

In term of their politics, members of the working class tend to ______.

Answer 16

believe the government should intervene in the economy.

Question 17

The likelihood of divorce is ________.

Answer 17

greater for those in the lower social classes.

Question 18

Which of the following is most likely to be true regarding the physical health factors affecting the poor?

Answer 18

Infants born to the poor are most likely to die before their first birthday.

Question 19

Baptists tend to be ______.

Answer 19

members of the lower classes.

Question 20

The three basic types of social mobility are _______, ______, and _______.

Answer 20

intergenerational; structural; exchange.

Question 21

The study by Higginbotham and Weber confirms ______.

Answer 21

the importance of the family in the socialization process.

Question 22

An example of upward social mobility occurs when ______.

Answer 22

children occupy a higher position on the social class ladder than their parents.

Question 23

With regard to women and social mobility, feminists ______.

Answer 23

object to then notion that women have no class position of their own.

Question 24

Exchange mobility occurs when ______.

Answer 24

larger numbers of people move up and down the social class ladder but, on balance, the proportions of the social classes remain about the same.

Question 25

Structural mobility refers to ______.

Answer 25

society changing to allow large numbers of people to up or down the social class ladder.

Question 26

The U,S government poverty line _____.

Answer 26

is the same for working mothers who pay for child care as for mothers with no child-care expenses.

Question 27

The current measure for determining the poverty line in the United States was drafted in the ______.

Answer 27

1960

Question 28

According to figure 10.7, the racial ethnic group with the highest percentage in poverty for those 65 and older are _______.

Answer 28

African Americans and latinos.

Question 29

Why might rural Americans have a higher rate of poverty than the national average?

Answer 29

They tend to be less educated and have less educated and have less access to high-paying jobs.

Question 30

With reference to children under the age of 18, which of the following statement is true?

Answer 30

Latinos have a higher rate of poverty` than Asian Americans.

Question 31

Sociologist typically attribute the persistence f poverty in the U.S to _____.

Answer 31

features of society than deny some people access to education or training in jobs skills.

Question 32

the official measure of poverty in the U.S is grossly inadequate; in fact, poor people actually only spend about ______ of their income on food.

Answer 32

20 %

Question 33

Of all the classes, which is the one most shaped by education?

Answer 33

Upper middle.

Question 34

Which of the following people would be a member of the manager class based on Erik Wright’s modification of Karl Marx’s model?

Answer 34

A manager of a professional sports team.

Question 35

Based on Karl Marx’s model of the social classes, why might a high-income business manager be considered a member of the proletariat?

Answer 35

He works for the capitalists.

Question 36

Which of the following people is the most likely to be a single mother?

Answer 36

Someone who did not finish high school.

Question 37

Which of the following is an example of downward social mobility?

Answer 37

When offspring occupy a lower position on the social class ladder than their parents.

Question 38

Jeff’s father sold uses cars all of his life and is pleased that his son now owns a car dealership. Jeff exemplifies ________ mobility.

Answer 38

upward social.

Question 39

With exchange mobility, the proportions of the social-class system _____.

Answer 39

remain about the same.

Question 40

Compared to those in higher social classes, those in the lower social classes have _____.

Answer 40

a greater tendency to smoke.

Question 41

Which of these factors is the most important in explaining why the elderly are less likely to be poor than they once were?

Answer 41

Government programs have helped them.

Question 42

The top 20 percent of U.S families receive ______ of all income.

Answer 42

one-half.

Question 43

Erik Wright’s modification of Marx’s model of social class _________.

Answer 43

suggested that some people could occupy contradictory class locations.

Question 44

Which of the following is generally true of jobs that rank highly in prestige?

Answer 44

They pay more.

Question 45

The wealthiest 1 percent of Americans owns _____ percent of all U.S. wealth.

Answer 45

36

Question 46

In times past, only the nobility could wear lace in France. In England, no one could sit while the king was on his throne. These examples represent displays of ______.

Answer 46

prestige.