Lesson Flashcard 8-1: Social Stratification

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A person who has power will also have prestige. (Prestige means to have wide spread respect and admiration.)

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False

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Each layer in a stratification system is a social class.

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True

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When Karl Marx spoke of false consciousness, he was referring to the working class’s acceptance of capitalist ideas.

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True

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Individuals and groups are able to use power only when others allow them to do so.

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False

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According to symbolic interactionism, a person’s self-concept helps preserve the existing stratification structure.

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True

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A position such as being a high-school teacher is likely to have more prestige than

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money

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Which of the following best describes the functionalist theory of social stratification?
Inequality exists because some people are willing to exploit others.
Social stratification will eventually be eliminated when the workers revolt.
Children in the United States are taught that a person’s social class is the result of his or her talent and effort.
The inequality of social classes helps assure that the most qualified people fill the most important positions.

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The inequality of social classes helps assure that the most qualified people fill the most important positions.

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Karl Marx believed that the only thing of value that the proletariat had was

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its labor.

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Which of the following best describes how social class is related to social stratification? A. Each social class has many layers of social stratification. B. Each layer of social stratification constitutes a social class. C. The terms social stratification and social class mean the same thing. D. Social stratification exists in caste systems, whereas social classes exist only in noncaste systems.

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Each layer of social stratification constitutes a social class.

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According to conflict theory, social stratification exists because

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some people are willing to exploit others.