Category: Social Stratification

A. inequality occurs in a random fashion
B. inequalities are passed from generation to generation
C. inequality is regulated by the government
D. none of the above is true

A. functionalist perspective
B. conflict perspective
C. interactionist perspective
D. both a and b

A. culture of poverty
B. Culture of lower class
C. Mere poverty
D. None of these

A. endogamy
B. endogeny
C. exegesis
D. exclusion

A. Conflict theory is better at explaining inequality
B. Only functionalist theory has merit when discussing social structure
C. Some sociologists have tried to synthesize the conflict and functionalist perspectives to argue that stratification systems are institutions that have evolved in order to reduce conflict
D. none of the above

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

A. Marx
B. Weber
C. Parsons
D. Lincoln

A. family capitalism
B. managerial capitalism
C. welfare capitalism
D. institutional

A. the poor simply do not want the same things that other members of society want
B. the poor have had their access to achievement blocked by the social order
C. the theory is too cultural and fails to take into account psychological implications
D. not enough research has been done to come to any meaningful conclusion

A. those in non-manual occupations exercising authority on behalf of the state
B. people working in consultancy firms who were recruited by big businesses
C. the young men and women employed in domestic service in the nineteenth century
D. those who had worked in the armed services