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Sally is employed as a computer programmer for the Ellis Corporation. She has a savings account of $15,000 and owns a few shares of Ellis stock. She thinks of herself as an investor rather than as a worker. Marx would maintain that Sally has experienced ________.


A) false class consciousness
B) misplaced commitment
C) management ideology
D) class consciousness

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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People in the capitalist class are more likely to experience mental health problems because of the excessive stress associated with managing high-powered jobs.

A) True
B) False

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When individuals experience status inconsistency, what is their likely choice of behavior?


A) They will claim the higher status.
B) They will claim the lower status.
C) They will ignore both statuses.
D) They will pick the status that best fits the situation.

E) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

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What are the three components Weber identified as being the key elements of determining one's social class?

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Some nations have traditionally been in poverty from one generation to the next, relying on tradition rather than experimenting with new technology that might improve their standard of living. This explanation for global stratification is called ________.


A) culture of poverty
B) world system theory
C) dependency theory
D) theory of undeveloped nations

E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

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Which statement regarding the nation's income is most accurate?


A) Income earnings are just about evenly divided among all Americans.
B) The top two-thirds of Americans earn about two-thirds of the income.
C) The top 20 percent of Americans earn nearly half the income.
D) The bottom 20 percent of Americans earn about 15 percent of the income.

E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

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Melvin Tumin pointed out flaws in the functionalist position to explain social stratification. What were his three major arguments?

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His arguments include the following:
(1)...

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How does the class system in the United States resemble, and differ from, a caste system?

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Characteristics with which American peop...

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In societies that use a caste system for stratification, what is ablution?

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a washing ritual to restore pu...

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The sociologist who believed that social class is made up of three components - property, power, and prestige - was ________.


A) Max Weber
B) Talcott Parsons
C) Karl Marx
D) Lewis Coser Jr.

E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

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Develop a profile that answers the question, "Who are the poor?"

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Although there is no definitive profile ...

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According to Karl Marx, false class consciousness is a condition in which the workers mistakenly believe they have the power to unite and overthrow the capitalists.

A) True
B) False

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As a full professor of sociology, Jackie ranks high in prestige, but relatively low in income. What can one expect of her political views?


A) She will be ultra conservative.
B) She will probably become a socialist worker.
C) She will be more politically radical.
D) She will be apathetic towards politics.

E) None of the above
F) All of the above

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Indentured servitude is a gray area between contract labor and slavery.

A) True
B) False

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There were much-publicized myths of the late 1800s that centered around the rags-to-riches exploits of fictional boy heroes. These myths were perpetuated by their author, ________.


A) Horatio Alger
B) Mark Twain
C) Samuel Clemens
D) George Orwell

E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

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The Least Industrialized Nations account for more than two-thirds of the world's population.

A) True
B) False

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What is the formula to determine one's wealth?

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the net worth that i...

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Which of the following led to the discontinuation of the terms "First World," "Second World," and "Third World" to describe global stratification?


A) the Industrial Revolution
B) the end of World War II
C) the collapse of the Soviet Union.
D) the emergence of the postindustrial society.

E) B) and C)
F) B) and D)

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Janelle is a professor in the Department of Business at a state university. She is a full professor in her department and earns $135,000 a year. According to Lenski's status inconsistency hypothesis, what is Janelle's most likely political philosophy?


A) conservative
B) liberal
C) very radical
D) inconsistent

E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

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Great Britain was one of the first nations in which industrial capitalism developed. According to world system theory, Great Britain would be a ________ nation.


A) semi periphery
B) periphery
C) core
D) Most Industrialized

E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

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