“Social Stratification” is a concept that refers to:
system by which a society ranks and categorizes people in a hierarchy
because of social stratification in the United States some people have more…
mobility?
Sandar lives in a village with a caste system. His social position is mostly the result of:
little change in social position and mobility
the concept of “meritocracy” refers to social stratification:
based on personal merit
according to Davis and Moore, inequality promotes productivity by:
better paying jobs, that require extensive education, training, and expense
the concept “absolute poverty” refers to:
life threatening lack of resources, lack of nutrition necessary for health and longer survival
“neocolonialism” refers to the process by which:
economic relationships between rich and poor nations continue colonial pattern of domination
modernization theory claims that:
rich societies produce wealth through capital investments and new technology
dependency theory claims that poor nations were ___________ by rich nations
underdeveloped
Wallerstein’s term for middle-income countries of the world?
semi-perphery
the global region that has seen the greatest reduction of poverty is:
Asia
gender refers to:
the personal traits and social positions that members of a society attach to being female or male
in global perspective, women’s social power (compared to men’s) is lowest in societies on which continent?
Israeli Kibbutz?
the “beauty myth” refers to the idea that:
society teaches women to measure their worth in terms of physical appearance
“pink-collar” work refers to what types of jobs?
administrative, service work (food, child care, health care), secretary jobs
the concept “comparable worth” refers to the idea that:
“equal pay for equal worth”
ex: should women be paid for raising children at home
which concept refers to “an invisible, yet real barrier that prevents many women from rising beyond middle-management positions?
glass ceiling
intersection theory focuses on:
the interplay of race, class, gender, often resulting in multiple dimensions of disadvantage
what type of feminism accepts the basic organization of U.S. society, but seeks to give women the same rights and opportunities as men?
basic feminism/liberal
what type of feminism links that social disadvantages of women to the capitalist economic system?
socialist feminism
what type of feminism seeks to end patriarchy by eliminating the idea of gender itself?
radical feminism
“crime” differs from “deviance” in that crime:
deviance-the recognized violation of cultural norms
crime-violation of society’s formally enacted criminal law
In Robert Merton’s strain theory, which of the following concepts correctly describes a person who gets rich by committing fraud while working at a bank?
they don’t work for things
Edwin Sutherland’s differential association theory links deviance to:
depends on the amount of contact with others who encourage or reject…
