quiz

Question 1

conspicuous consumption

Answer 1

the act of buying and using products to make a statement about social standing

Question 2

Davis Moore thesis

Answer 2

a thesis that argues some social stratification is a social necessity

Question 3

endogamous unions

Answer 3

unions of spouses from same social category

Question 4

exogamous unions

Answer 4

unions of spouses from different social categories

Question 5

intergenerational mobility

Answer 5

a difference in social class between different generations of a family

Question 6

intragenerational mobility

Answer 6

a difference in social class between different members of the same generation

Question 7

social stratification

Answer 7

a socioeconomic system that divides society’s members into categories ranking from high to low, based on things like wealth, power, and prestige

Question 8

What factor makes caste systems closed?

Answer 8

people cannot change their social standings

Question 9

What factor makes caste systems open?

Answer 9

they allow for movement between the classes

Question 10

which of these systems allows for most social mobility?

Answer 10

class

Question 11

Which person best illustrates opportunities for upward social mobility in the United States?

Answer 11

First generation college student

Question 12

Which statement illustrates low status consistency?

Answer 12

a college dropout launches an online company that earns millions in its first year

Question 13

Based on meritocracy, a physicians assistant would?

Answer 13

earn a pay raise for doing excellent work

Question 14

In the US, most people define themselves as?

Answer 14

middle class

Question 15

Structural mobility occurs when?

Answer 15

a large group moves up or down the class ladder due to societal changes

Question 16

The behaviors customs, and norms associated with a class are known as?

Answer 16

class traits

Question 17

which of the following scenarios is an example of intergenerational mobility?

Answer 17

an executive belongs to a different class than her parents

Question 18

occuptational prestige means that jobs are

Answer 18

not equally valued

Question 19

social stratification is a system that?

Answer 19

ranks society members into categories

Question 20

which graphic concept best illustrates the concept of social stratification?

Answer 20

pyramid

Question 21

the GNI PPP figure represents?

Answer 21

the average annual income of a country’s citizen

Question 22

the basic premise of the Davis Moore thesis is that unequal distribution of rewards in social stratification

Answer 22

serves a purpose in society

Question 23

Unlike davis moore, Melvin Tumin believed that because of social stratification some qualified people were ____ higher level job positions

Answer 23

denied the opportunity to obtain

Question 24

Which statement represents stratification form the perspective of symbolic interactionism?

Answer 24

after work, Pat, a janitor, feels more comfortable eating in a truck stop than a french restaurant

Question 25

When Karl Marx said workers experience alienation, he meant that workers?

Answer 25

do not feel connected to their work

Question 26

Conflict theorists view capitalists as those who?

Answer 26

get rich while workers stay poor

Question 27

Castes born out of Brahma?

Answer 27

Brahmins (thinkers/knowers), Ksatriya (doers), Vaisya (provide food for the belly), Sudra (do the work)

Question 28

How do untouchables escape?

Answer 28

migration, religious conversion

Question 29

Functionalism, Marxism, Symbolic Interactionism

Answer 29

davis-moore thesis, owners/nonowners and conflict, people’s appearance reflect their perceived class

Question 30

why are the elite important?

Answer 30

often tells us a lot about how a country is structured