Which statement illustrates low status consistency?

A college dropout launches an online company that earns millions in its first year.

84. Based on meritocracy, a physician’s assistant would:

earn a pay raise for doing excellent work

85. In the United States, most people define themselves as:

middle class

86. Structural mobility occurs when:

a large group moves up or down the class ladder due to societal changes

87. The behaviors, customs, and norms associated with a class are known as:

class traits

88. Occupational prestige means that jobs are:

not equally valued

Which graphic concept best illustrates the concept of social stratification?

Pyramid

90. The GNI PPP figure represents:

the average annual income of a country’s citizens

91. The basic premise of the Davis-Moore thesis is that the unequal distribution of rewards in social stratification:

serves a purpose in society

Unlike Davis and Moore, Melvin Tumin believed that, because of social stratification, some qualified people were _______ higher-level job positions.

denied the opportunity to obtain

Which statement represents stratification from the perspective of symbolic interactionism?

After work, Pat, a janitor, feels more comfortable eating in a truck stop than a French restaurant.

Slavery in the pre-Civil War American South most closely resembled

chattel Slavery

95. In an American town, a mining company owns all the stores and most of the houses. They sell goods to the workers at inflated prices, offer house rentals for twice what a mortgage would be, and make sure to always pay the workers less than needed to cover food and rent. Once the workers are in debt, they have no choice but to continue working for the company, since their skills will not transfer to a new position. This most closely resembles:

debt slavery

One flaw in dependency theory is the unwillingness to recognize _______.

that previously low-income nations such as China have successfully developed their economies and can no longer be classified as dependent on core nations

One flaw in modernization theory is the unwillingness to recognize _________.

its inherent ethnocentric bias

If a sociologist says that nations evolve towards more advanced technology and more complex industry as their citizens learn cultural values that celebrate hard work and success, she is using _______ theory to study the global economy.

modernization theory

99. If a sociologist points out that core nations dominate the global economy, in part by creating global interest rates and international tariffs that will inevitably favor high-income nations over low-income nations, he is a:

dependency theorist

100. The racial term “African American” can refer to:

1. a black person living in America
2. people whose ancestors came to America through the slave trade
3. a white person who originated in Africa and now lives in the United States
4. any of the above

D

101. As a Caucasian in the United States, being reasonably sure that you will be dealing with authority figures of the same race as you is a result of:

white privilege

102. Speedy Gonzalez is an example of:

stereotyping

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