Question 43 Social Stratification

Why did Basil Bernstein think that using restricted language codes put pupils at a disadvantage in school?

Correct answer B. They involved short simple sentences with a small vocabulary

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Question 44 Social Stratification

The term ‘culture industry’, used by members of the Frankfurt School, referred to?

Correct answer B. The way in which cultural products were bought and sold for profit

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Question 45 Social Stratification

What is a social stratum?

Correct answer A. A level in the social hierarchy comprising people with shared life chances

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Question 46 Social Stratification

What did Marx mean by class polarisation?

Correct answer B. A growing gap between rich and poor resulting in class consciousness

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Question 47 Social Stratification

What does the embourgeoisement thesis propose?

Correct answer C. The affluent working class is adopting middle class values and ways of life

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Question 48 Social Stratification

What does the term hegemony refer to?

Correct answer B. A dominant ideology that legitimates economic and political power

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Question 49 Social Stratification

What did Max Weber mean by an ideal type?

Correct answer D. A model based on certain features of a phenomenon

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Question 50 Social Stratification

Which statement best describes positivism?

Correct answer A. Knowledge should be produced based on evidence from observations

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Question 57 Social Stratification

What does the term ‘underclass’ refer to?

Correct answer C. The persistently poor who exist mainly because of a sharp climb in joblessness due to a redistribution of jobs in the inner city

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Question 58 Social Stratification

Which statement about social mobility is true?

Correct answer A. Social mobility can occur when societies change altering the division of labour

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Question 60 Social Stratification

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

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