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Sociology Mcqs

According to Wright some class locations are contradictory because _______________?

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According to Wright some class locations are contradictory because _______________?

A. their holders do not believe in the notion of class
B. they features of the positions above and below them
C. there is disagreement about how to interpret them
D. they are impossible for sociologists to measure and classify

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Which of these research projects would count as intersectional? A comparative study of employment based on______________?

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Which of these research projects would count as intersectional? A comparative study of employment based on______________?

A. social class and gender
B. gender and ethnicity
C. ethnicity and sexuality
D. all of them

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What term is used to describe the movement of individuals up or down the social scale during the course of their working lives ?

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What term is used to describe the movement of individuals up or down the social scale during the course of their working lives ?

A. open mobility
B. lateral mobility
C. intragenerational mobility
D. intergenerational mobility

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What term is used to describe the way that the varied aspects of an individual’s identity-such as class ethnicity gender disability and location -interact to produce complex patterns of inequality poverty and discrimination ?

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What term is used to describe the way that the varied aspects of an individual’s identity-such as class ethnicity gender disability and location -interact to produce complex patterns of inequality poverty and discrimination ?

A. intersectionality
B. ascription
C. mobility
D. meritocracy

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A social class is a group of people who stand in a common relationship to the means of production Whose perspective does this definition describe ?

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A social class is a group of people who stand in a common relationship to the means of production Whose perspective does this definition describe ?

A. Max Weber
B. Erik Olin-Wright
C. John Goldthorpe
D. Karl Marx

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A social system in which social position is fixed for a lifetime What type of social stratification does this describe ?

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A social system in which social position is fixed for a lifetime What type of social stratification does this describe ?

A. slavery
B. Social class
C. caste
D. estates

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Martha and Susan work at the local factory ten hours a day five days a week They make the minimum wage with no overtime pay insurance or benefits One day they discuss their situations over lunch and express frustration over the fact that they never seem to make enough money to “get ahead “By the end of the conversation they have motivated each other to volunteer to work on Sundays They figure that if they work just a little harder they will make enough money to increase their social status Marx would say these women are demonstrating ?

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Martha and Susan work at the local factory ten hours a day five days a week They make the minimum wage with no overtime pay insurance or benefits One day they discuss their situations over lunch and express frustration over the fact that they never seem to make enough money to “get ahead “By the end of the conversation they have motivated each other to volunteer to work on Sundays They figure that if they work just a little harder they will make enough money to increase their social status Marx would say these women are demonstrating ?

A. the dedication necessary to get ahead in life
B. class consciousness
C. capitalist enthusiasm
D. false consciousness

Martha and Susan work at the local factory ten hours a day five days a week They make the minimum wage with no overtime pay insurance or benefits One day they discuss their situations over lunch and express frustration over the fact that they never seem to make enough money to “get ahead “By the end of the conversation they have motivated each other to volunteer to work on Sundays They figure that if they work just a little harder they will make enough money to increase their social status Marx would say these women are demonstrating ? Read More »

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According to functionalist’s society must be concerned with motivation because the duties associated with various statuses ?

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According to functionalist’s society must be concerned with motivation because the duties associated with various statuses ?

A. are not equally pleasant
B. are equally important
C. offer individuals varying degrees of personal growth
D. are usually not defined

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Carolyn supported her family by working as an administrative assistant She also attended law school and passed the bar she took a job with a small firm specializing in family law Carolyn experienced______________?

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Carolyn supported her family by working as an administrative assistant She also attended law school and passed the bar she took a job with a small firm specializing in family law Carolyn experienced______________?

A. horizontal mobility
B. transgenerational mobility
C. vertical mobility
D. geographic mobility

Carolyn supported her family by working as an administrative assistant She also attended law school and passed the bar she took a job with a small firm specializing in family law Carolyn experienced______________? Read More »

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