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Category: Social Stratification
Critics of the culture of poverty thesis point out that________________?
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
Goldthorpe identified the Service class as______________?
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
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
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