Social stratification so far AQA SOCIOLOGY

Social stratification so far

AQA SOCIOLOGY

Questions made by year 11 KCS students 2021

Multiple Choice

What is false class consciousness?

• when you don’t know what social class you are

• the working class being unaware of the exploitation nature of their relationship with middle class

• when the working class secretly exploit the middle class

• when the working class overthrow the middle class

Multiple Select

What are the factors that cause inequality do sociologist focus on?

• Class

• Age

• Ethnicity

• Gender

• Hair colour

Multiple Choice

Who is the functional theory of stratification provided by?

• Parsons

• Karl Marx

• Davis and Moore

• Mitsos and Browne

Multiple Choice

Who are the petty bourgeoisie?

• middle class people who commit small crimes

• working class people who have big businesses

• Small business owners

• rich people with no source of income

Multiple Choice

Which sociologist says that each of the 4 social classes had a different amount of status, wealth and power?

• Durkheim

• Weber

• Marx

• Holmes

Open Ended

What influences ethnicity inequality?

Multiple Select

What are three forms of social stratification?

• Caste system

• Slavery

• Classes

• Feudalism

• Hair colour

Multiple Choice

Life chances of ethnic minorities are impacted because of..

• the equality act allows everyone to be treated equally and fairly.

• discrimination in the labour market - equality laws in education and the workplace are difficult to enforce, thus negative impact the opportunities for ethnic minorities in the UK.

• marxism - they see that ethnic minorities tend to provide more of a profit for the upper classes

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C______ ______ (1984) argued that the welfare system led to the development of and underclass (unemployed people with no desire to work)

Multiple Select

Charles Murray (1984) associated the underclass with...

• African Americans

• British

• Hispanics

• Indians

Multiple Choice

Charles Murrary takes which sociological approach?

• Functionalist

• New Right

• Marxist

• Interpretivist

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would argue that education can cause inequality as gendered subjects lead to lower paying jobs for girls when they grow up, causing inequality