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sociology test 2 SLCCwealth, power, prestige - answerwhat are the three variables max weber identified as
defining social class?
true - answerindentured servitude is a gray area between contracted labor and slavery
inner circle - answerby a narrow margin, dr. moreau was elected chair of the largest
academic department at faber college. she appointed faculty members who support her
views to the most influential and important committees in the department. this group of
loyal colleagues, on which dr. moreau is relying to advance her policies, is an example
of a(an)____________
true - answerin a caste system, social stratification is based on ascribed status.
true - answereven though apartheid has been dismantled, white europeans still
dominate south african social political, and financial institutions
apartheid - answera form of the caste system that, until recently, was legal in south
africa was called:
true - answerby employing techniques of neutralization , even the most dedicated
deviants can view themselves as conformists.
true - answerbecause of contradicting class locations, erik wright modified marx's
simpler two-class model.
false - answerreference groups are reserved for members of professional networks and
are utilized almost exclusively by people with career aspirations.
true - answerstigma, characteristics that discredit people, includes violations of norms of
ability and appearance.
giving free rein to divers opinions - answerhow could an organization minimize the
occurrence of groupthink
labeling - answerthe significance of names or reputations given to people when they
engage in certain types of behavior is the focus of ________ theory.
gender - answerin every society, from the hunting and gathering society to the position
austral society, the most common basis for social stratification has been:
, group dynamics - answerhow groups influence individuals and how individuals affect
groups is referred to as:
differential association theory - answerthe theory of behavior in which people who
associate with some groups learn an "excess of definitions" of deviance, increasing the
likelihood that they will become deviant is:
illegitimate opportunity structures - answeraccording to cloward and ohlin, what is the
underlying cause of deviance and delinquency in unstable slums of a city?
all the affected office workers will develop a greater sense of social solidarity -
answerpatti sue is having difficulty adjusting to George, the new office supervisor.
George is quite a "bean counter"and has shown a great deal of insensitivity toward
everyone in the office. in view of this, what is the most likely course of acton patti sue
and the other office workers will take?
parents occupation - answerwhat did research by kohn suggest as being the primary
influence upon parents that emphasized how they reared their children?
true - answeras the size of a group decreases, the likelihood of diffusion of responsibility
also decreases.
true - answera person in the upper class is less likely to be punished by the cj system
than someone in the lower class.
authoritarian - answerleadership style with the tendency to encourage either aggressive
or apathetic behavior among group members with aggressive members growing
increasingly hostile towards their leader:
controlling ideas, information, technology through ideology - answerof the following
methods, which would be the best way to preserve a stratification system?
ones occupational title is the greatest influence in determining social prestige -
answerwhich of the following statements is most accurate with respect to determining
social prestige in modern society?
more faculty members will feel they have lost ownership of they classes and are just
"employees" - answerthe university administration has increased class size without
receiving input from the faculty or considering that some courses need to have low
enrollments. in view of this, what is the most probate reaction the professors will take to
this latest administrative decision?
the democratic facade - answerthe belief by many americans that they actually
contribute to major governmental decisions through the power of they vote is referred to
by hellinger and judd as:
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