A. Stratification
B. Ethnicity and race
C. Head shape and eye color
D. Sex and age
Miscellaneous Economics Mcqs
Inequality has been explained as…………..?
A. being part of the law of nature
B. resulting from the struggle for goods and services in a society
C. serving the needs of society
D. all of the above
According to Blau and Duncan occupational upward mobility is greatly influenced by…………..?
A. the amount of education
B. occupation of the father
C. the nature of the first job
D. all of the above
The view that inequality is based on the corrupting and divisive actions of institutions is part of the ideology of……………?
A. social Darwinism
B. classical conservatism
C. structural functionalism
D. classical liberalism
The nation that social institutions reinforce and legitimize class division is derived from………..?
A. Karl Marx
B. Emile Durkheim
C. Adam Smith
D. Max Weber
Max Weber,s notion of life chances closely resembles the concept of…………….?
A. social status
B. personal power
C. social power
D. occupational prestige
The victims of crime tend to be……………?
A. members of the middle class
B. members of minority groups
C. poor
D. B and C
The categories used by researchers to pigeonhole people into social classes………………?
A. reflect the common -sense self-ratings of individuals
B. indicate that there are two classes the working class and the middle class
C. tend to be arbitrary and artificial
D. adequately reflect the complexity of the American class system
Life expectancy is………………..?
A. about the same across social classes
B. lower for the upper-middle class
C. lower for the lower classes
D. lower for the middle class
Members of the “New Class” occupy which of the following occupations……………..?
A. Computer programmers
B. MBAs staring their own firms
C. Out of work middle managers
D. journalists’ academics media commentators