Sociology Chapt. 8

1. Which of the following were viewed by Max Weber as analytically distinct components of stratification?

Conformity, deviance, and social control

Class, status, and power

Class, caste, and age

Class, prestige, and esteem

2. Which sociological perspective argues that stratification is universal and that social inequality is necessary so that people will be motivated to fill socially important positions?

The functionalist perspective

Conflict perspective

Interactionist perspective

Labeling perspective

3. The respect or admiration that an occupation holds in a society is reffered to as

Status

Esteem

Prestige

Ranking

4. In Karl Marx's view, the destruction of the capitalist system will occur only if the working class first develops

Bourgeois consciousness

False consciousness

Class consciousness

Caste consciousness

5. A plumber whose father was a physician is an example of

Downward intergenerational mobility

Upward intergenerational mobility

Downward intragenerational mobility

Upward intragenerational mobility

6. Which of the following describes a condition in which members of society have different amounts of welath, prestiges, or power?

Stratification

Status inconsistency

Slavery

Social inequality

7. The poor, minorities, and those who live in rural communities and inner cities are mot as likely to have access to the Internet as other members of the US. This situation is called

Cybervoid

Electronic redlining

Digital divide

None of the above

8. British sociologist Ralf Dahrendorf views social classes as groups of people who share common interests resulting from their authority relationships. Dahrendorf's ideology aligns best with which theoretical perspective?

Functionalist

Conflict

Interactionalist

Sociocultural evolution

9. Approximately how many out of every nine people in the US live(s) below the poevery line established by the federal government

One

Two

Three

Four

10. Which sociologist has applied functionalist analysis to the existence of poverty and argues that various segments of society actually benefit from the existence of the poor?

Emile Durkheim

Max Weber

Karl Marx

Herbert Gans