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.Management Sciences
Category: Social Stratification
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
socialization in children takes place___________?
A. In the same class
B. among the children of different classes
C. between lower and middle classes
D. both a and c
Which field of study was originally developed in the 1930s as an increasing number of social scientists became aware of the plight of the elderly ?
A. geriatrics
B. gerontology
C. gerontocracy
D. silicide
The intellectual tradition at the heart of conflict theory begins principally with the work of_____________?
A. Max Weber
B. Emile Durkheim
C. Erving Goffman
D. Karl Marx
A system of stratification where positions are partly achieved, and mobility is common is one based on ?
A. slavery
B. caste
C. class
D. status
A stratum of people of similar positions in the social status continuum are termed as_____________?
A. Social class
B. clan or tribe
C. Community
D. None of these
The practice of legally enforced marriage within caste is called_____________?
A. endogamy
B. endogeny
C. exegesis
D. exclusion
The caste system is generally associated with______________?
A. Hinduism
B. Islam
C. Judaism
D. Buddhism
The kuznets hypothesis states that as economic development proceeds inequality ?
A. first decreases then increases before remaining high
B. first increases then decreases before remaining low
C. first increases then flattens out, before rising again
D. first increases then decreases then increases then decreases
The conflict theory holds that stratification exists because____________?
A. its benefits individuals and groups who have the power to dominate and exploit others
B. privilege prestige and power are equally distributed in society
C. the capitalist drive to distribute wealth equitably is the foundation of modern society
D. capitalists and workers are class conscious
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