How is status inconsistency defined?
Correct answer C. The condition of persons who are ranked higher in one variable of status than another
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Which of these is NOT a typical characteristic of an upwardly mobile person?
Correct answer B. Comes from a large family of several brothers and sisters
What is the ultimate effect of stratification systems?
Correct answer D. Create inequality
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How do functionalist theorists view stratification systems?
Correct answer D. All of the above
What is the key point about biological and cultural differences between people?
Correct answer D. The social meanings people give these differences
Which statement is FALSE?
Correct answer D. In simple societies social differences among individuals are nonexistent
On whose work is the conflict theory of inequality based?
Correct answer D. Karl Marx
In what way does inequality exist among the Siriono of Bolivia?
Correct answer D. None of the above
From which tradition of thought does structural functionalism descend?
Correct answer B. Classical conservatism
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To what did the text mainly apply Max Weber’s idea of status?
Correct answer B. Ranked occupational positions
Which type of stratification do societies with landed gentry and inherited titles resemble?
Correct answer A. Estate systems
The emergence of social classes is almost always linked to the development of what?
Correct answer C. The state
Which denominations are known for subdued rituals that appeal to upper-middle-class Protestants?
Correct answer D. All of the above
Who makes up the so-called New Class?
Correct answer D. Professionals with skills important in the information society
People who hold lower positions and earn less than their parents are showing which type of mobility?
Correct answer A. Intergenerational mobility
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What supports the importance of status?
Correct answer C. A recent study by an epidemiologist
How did Marx’s model of class structure divide the population?
Correct answer C. The bourgeoisie and the proletariat
Which group forms the smallest percentage of the poor?
Correct answer C. The elderly
By 2050, where will 8 billion of the projected 9.5 billion people be living?
Correct answer B. Living in poor countries
How may the term minority be defined?
Correct answer A. Any group in society that is socially dominated by another group through discrimination because of race, culture, religion or sex