Category: Social Stratification

A. upward intergenerational mobility
B. upward intergenerational mobility
C. downward intergenerational mobility
D. downward intergenerational mobility

A. Social mobility occurs only when shifts occur in the availability of different types of talent in the work force
B. Social mobility can occur when societies change altering the division of labor
C. Social mobility is controlled by those in the higher strata through control of opportunities for training and education
D. none of above

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