What term describes the sequence of stages from being born into a family with a particular status to forming a new family unit?
Correct answer A. Socioeconomic life cycle
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According to conflict theory, why does stratification exist?
Correct answer A. It benefits individuals and groups who have the power to dominate and exploit others
Which statement about functionalist and conflict theories of stratification is true?
Correct answer C. Some sociologists have tried to synthesise the conflict and functionalist perspectives to argue that stratification systems are institutions that have evolved in order to reduce conflict
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Which of these statements does NOT apply to social class systems?
Correct answer C. Class position is entirely subjective
Which social group do occupational class schemes have NO difficulty accommodating?
Correct answer A. Manual working class
Pierre Bourdieu’s theory uses the concept of capital. Which of these is NOT one of the forms in his scheme?
Correct answer D. Political capital
Which statement does NOT reflect the conventional position in class analysis?
Correct answer B. Women's pay is often essential to the family's economic position
What is the legally enforced practice of marrying within one’s own caste called?
Correct answer A. Endogamy
The process of turning the concept of class into something measurable is called:
Correct answer C. operationalization
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According to the Kuznets hypothesis, what happens to inequality as economic development proceeds?
Correct answer B. First increases, then decreases before remaining low
What was traditional working-class identity built around?
Correct answer C. Local communities, extended kinship networks and shared leisure pursuits
Which statement describes the middle classes that grew during the nineteenth century?
Correct answer D. All of the above
Which religion is the caste system most closely associated with?
Correct answer C. Hinduism
What is the movement of a person from one social class to another called?
Correct answer C. Social mobility
Which set of terms do sociologists treat as analytically distinct components of stratification?
Correct answer C. Class, status and power
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In societies that strictly follow a caste system, people mostly take up their ancestors’ occupations and keep the same status. What kind of society is this?
Correct answer C. Closed society
Which perspective claims that stratification is universal and that inequality is needed to motivate people to fill important positions?
Correct answer D. Functionalist perspective
In modern societies the rate of mobility depends on structural factors and on which other type of factor?
Correct answer B. Individual factors
What do sociological studies of colonialism suggest?
Correct answer D. Colonialism is perpetuated to this day by practices known as neo-colonialism
Mobility-oriented behaviour, education and work habits are examples of what type of factor?
Correct answer A. Individual factor