A. 1 Joule
B. 1 erg
C. 1HP
D. 1 poise
Conflicts between the dominant group and minorities develop because_________________?
A. minorities are perceived as different
B. minorities perceive themselves as different
C. the dominant group has coercive power
D. all of the above
The difference between racial minorities and ethnic minorities is_______________?
A. in the size of each group
B. ethnic minorities do not suffer from discrimination but only from prejudice
C. racial minorities differ biologically ethnic minorities differ culturally from the dominant group
D. racial minorities have been here longer than ethnic minorities
Membership in specific racial ethnic and religious groupings is________________?
A. characteristic only of industrial societies
B. a variable of the stratification system
C. a biological rather than a social product
D. the cross every individual must bear
Global inequality is evident in_______________?
A. the size of families
B. per capita
C. the items rich countries throw out
D. all of the above
Craftsmen foremen secretary’s office workers belong to the________________?
A. upper-middle class
B. middle-middle class
C. working class
D. “new class”
Where one stands in the social hierarchy is intimately related to________________?
A. how one performs one,s job
B. how long one lives
C. how much stress one experiences
D. only B and C
The loss of entire categories of jobs without the creation of new occupations would be_______________?
A. structural mobility of a negative sort
B. horizontal mobility
C. intragenerational mobility
D. status ambiguity
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
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