Sociology 2 example #82117

What sort of social mobility is possible in a caste system?

Who acted kindly towards John Coleman when he went undercover as a homeless person and lived on the streets for ten days?

What makes Roger & Me a particularly sociological movie?

According to Chapter 8, what social class do "white collar" workers (employed in technical and lower management positions) belong to?

What school of social thought insists that all social structures, including systems of stratification, are built out of everyday interactions.

What general predictions can be made about a person's life chances if all that is known is their social class?

What is true of slavery as a system of social stratification?

What do sociologists call it when large numbers of people move up or down the social class ladder as a result of changes in the society as a whole?

Poverty can be defined in either relative or absolute terms. How does relative deprivation measure poverty?

Which of the following is a serious flaw in the way that the federal government defines poverty?

When the children of working-class parents manage to attend college and get a job in a professional field this is an example of:

In the United States the federal poverty line is calculated with reference to food costs, based on the cheapest possible diet that can still provide basic nutrition. What sort of a measure of poverty is this?

How do law enforcement policies make the poor less visible?

Which of the following is NOT one of the basic principles of social stratification?

What do sociologists call an awareness of our own and others' class status?

The difference between a person's ascribed status and their achieved status is measured in terms of their:

Which of the following has the effect of making poverty "invisible" socially?

Which of the following population groups are NOT associated with higher rates of poverty?

Oscar Lewis was the first to suggest that because they are excluded from mainstream social life, the poor develop a way of life with fundamentally different values and goals, which make it much less likely that they will ever join the middle class. This way of life is usually called: Correct Response

What social factor makes it somewhat easier for Sweden to create a more egalitarian society?

According to Randall Collins, why do members of the lucrative professions like law and medicine support the current education system?

What subjects were taught by universities in europe in the middle ages?

According to chapter 11, what do all religions have in common?

In their book, Schooling in capitalist America, Samual Bowls and Herbert Gintis argued that schools train a labor force with the skills and attitudes nessicary for the heath of a modern economy. What are these skills and attitudes?

What does Randall Collins recommend to reform the American Social system?

What is religiosity?

What is the means by which modern society transmits knowledge, values, and expectations to its members?

What is the central means by which modern society transmits knowledge, values, and expectations to its members?

Which is the following is an example of how the hidden curriculum can reinforce inequality?

Religious groups that emphasize the importance of the literal interpretation of sacred texts are called?

What change caused people to migrate into cities from rural areas?

Firms that purposely transcend national borders so that their products can be manufactured from sites all over the world are called?

What are the benefits of telecommuting?

Chapter 12 points out that the economy is not only about money but also about:

Workplaces where the all the employers must be members of the union are called?

When office workers hang pictures in their cubicals or waste time this is and example of:

The culteral and econamic changes that result from dramatic increases in international trade and exchange are called:

What is a sweat shop?