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WorksheetsSociology Module 4
Total questions: 27
Worksheet time: 14mins
What is the major characteristic of the caste system that has permitted it to perpetuate itself for more than 3,000 years in India?
Heterogamy
Fluid Class Boundaries
Cultural Diffusion
Endogamy
Slavery
Max Weber’s three dimensions of social stratification are which of the following?
Class, politics, education
Prestige, politics, occupation
Residence, occupation, religion
Status, class, power
Status, religion, prestige
According to Max Weber, what are the three most important variables in determining one's place in the social stratification system?
education, race, occupation
property, power, prestige
power, education, occupation
race, property, sex
age, sex, race
Ken works on an assembly line in a paper factory in the midwestern United States. He believes that if he works hard enough, he will become very wealthy. According to Karl Marx, Ken’s belief reflects which of the following?
False consciousness
Class consciousness
Collective consciousness
The caste system
Rational choice
In the world’s economic system, which of the following is true about the relationship between high-income countries and low-income countries?
High-income countries depend on low-income countries to purchase natural resources from them.
High-income countries build manufacturing plants in low-income countries to obtain cheap labor.
High-income countries encourage the development of state-owned economic enterprises in low-income countries.
High-income countries are more likely than low-income countries to have an agriculturally based economy.
High-income countries have less-diversified sources of income.
According to world-systems theory, the global system is primarily
Political
Military
Social
Economic
Cultural
What is the explanation of global stratification that includes core nations, semi periphery nations, periphery nations, and external areas?
Colonialism
Neocolonialism
Modernization Theory
World Systems Theory
Darwinism
In the study of social class, a sociologist would be LEAST likely to focus one’s position?
Power
Social Mobility
Style of life
Motivation
Occupational status
How many classes exist in Erik Wright’s modified Marxian model of social class?
two
four
five
six
eight
In regards to physical health, why do poor individuals have more illnesses and a high death rate rate?
unequal access to medical care
unhealthy lifestyle
harder life
All of the above
None of the above
Tamara worked as a waitress for five years after high school before she went to college. After college, Tamara got a job as a sales representative for a pharmaceutical company. This best exemplifies which of the following types of mobility?
Intergenerational
Intragenerational
Unilateral
Horizontal
Structural
In the United States, economic growth between 1985 and 2005 resulted in
growth in the gap between the rich and poor
a narrowing of the gap between the rich and poor
no change in the gap between the rich and poor
growth in the economic gap between men and women
no change in the economic gap between men and women
How long does an American family remain in poverty on average?
ten to twenty years
five to ten years
two to five years
one year or less
lifetime
A sex ratio of 120 means that in a population there are
120 more males than females
120 more females than males
120 males for every 100 females
120 females for every 100 males
12% more males than females
In the United States, semiskilled positions held primarily by women, such as waitperson, cashier, and receptionist, are known as which type of occupation?
Blue-collar
Pink-collar
White-collar
Non Patriarchal
Matriarchal
The concept of “glass ceiling” affecting women in the workforce is best illustrated by which of the following?
The instability of female-dominated jobs
The pay inequity between men and women for comparable jobs
The breakdown of gender stereotypes in the job market
The instability of marriages for women who are successful in the workforce
The barriers that limit career advancement for women
Which of the following statements is most accurate regarding patriarchy?
It is a form of political organization in which the state assumes paternal responsibility for citizens.
It is a form of social organization in which one’s kinship lineage is traced through the family of the mother.
It is a form of social organization in which males control most formal and informal power.
It is found only in those societies that practice polyandry.
It is not found in those societies that practice polygyny.
A society in which women have more wealth, privilege, and political power than men have is said to be experiencing which of the following?
Gender Equality
Gender-role Reversal
Gender Stratification
Gender Expectations
Gender dissonance
An advertisement for men’s cologne depicts a woman as a pair of legs. This is an example of
Objectification
Subjectification
Misrepresentation
Characterization
Minimization
What is an unequal access to power, property, and prestige based on one’s sex?
sex-typing
sexual harassment
gender stratification
matriarchy
patriarchy
Sex is _____ and gender is _____.
socially constructed, socially constructed.
biological, socially constructed.
socially constructed, biological.
biological, biological
none of the above
Which of the following administrative agencies regulates unfair trade practices and the formation of monopolies that restrain competition?
The National Labor Relations Board
The Securities and Exchange Commission
The Federal Reserve Board
The Federal Trade Commission
The Consumer Protection Agency
With which of the following statements would a sociologist adhering to the disengagement theory most likely disagree?
It is less disruptive to society when older people live beyond retirement age.
When older people retire, it creates opportunities for younger people.
When workers retire, it means a loss of experienced labor for businesses.
Mandatory retirement is beneficial because older workers tend to experience a decline in physical abilities that can negatively affect work performance.
Retirement improves morale and happiness.
The practice of judging another culture by the standards of one’s own culture is called
ethnocentrism
cultural relativism
cultural integration
transference
multiculturalism
In the past 30 years, the infant mortality rate in the United States has
remained about the same as in other industrialized countries
declined for African American people but not for Caucasian people
declined among Caucasian people, while increasing among African American people
declined among Caucasian people, while remaining stable among African American people
declined among both African American people and Caucasian people, while remaining twice as high among African American people
Which of the following sociologists asserted that race is the most serious problem in the United States?
Karl Marx
Max Weber
Harriet Martineau
Jane Addams
W.E.B. Du Bois
Which of the following stages of racial-ethnic relations is best exemplified by the 2008 election of President Barack Obama?
Assimilation
Cultural Transmission
Internal Colonialism
Accomodation
Segregation
