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Multiple choice quiz 7
A system of stratification where social positions are mainly achieved rather than ascribed and social mobility is possible is which
one
of the following?
a) Caste
b) Class
c) Status
d) Slavery
e) Hydraulic
What was the system of racial segregation in South Africa known as?
a) Apartheid
b) Genocide
c) Patricide
d) Multiculturalism
What is behaviour towards a group or individual which treats them differently from other groups or individuals called?
a) Prejudice
b) Racism
c) Discrimination
d) Fascism
Which form of feminism primarily sees men as the root of women’s inequality?
a) Radical
b) Liberal
c) Marxist
d) Postmodernist
Class consciousness involves which
one
of the following?
a) People aware of earning more than others
b) A sense of solidarity and awareness of shared interests with others in the same class
c) Over-emphasizing the importance of social class divisions in society
d) Being unaware of your real class interests
Which
one
of the following is not part of the functionalist view of stratification?
a) Stratification is necessary to ensure the right people are motivated to fill certain positions
b) Stratification is based on a meritocracy
c) Some positions are more important than others in society
d) Everyone has the talent to fill the top positions if they try hard enough
In Marxist theory, the proletariat is:
a) a group between the upper class and the working class
b) a group of small-business owners
c) those who own the means of production
d) those who have to work for wages as they do not own the means of production
Which
one
of the following describes the ‘repressive state apparatus’?
a) The tools and implements used by the police
b) The machinery of government involved in spreading misleading ideas
c) Jamming technology used to intercept terrorist and other subversive messages
d) The parts of the state concerned with primarily physical means of keeping a population in line
Which
one
of the following are postmodernists most likely to see as of increasing significance in contemporary society?
a) Consumption and choice
b) Gender
c) Social class
d) Ethnicity
In Weberian theory, social class refers to:
a) value consensus
b) market situation
c) social prestige
d) functional importance
Which
one
of the following attributes provides a physical basis for differentiation?
a) Sex
b) Religion
c) Income
d) Occupation
The belief that women are more suited to emotional and supportive work than men is generally referred to as:
a) the compassionate female
b) the sacrificial female
c) the emotional female
d) the expressive female
An age set refers to which
one
of the following?
a) A teenage gang
b) A set of discriminatory rules based on age
c) A group of people of a similar age, with shared status and roles
d) The division of a population into age groups to show the age profile of any society
To say something is socially constructed means:
a) it only exists because it is created by the interpretations, perceptions and actions of people in society
b) it only exists because it is created by human labour
c) it is found in every human society
d) it is a biological or natural occurrence to which human societies have attached great importance
The shared culture of a social group which gives its members a common identity in some ways different from other social groups is known as which
one
of the following?
a) Multiculturalism
b) Biodiversity
c) Ethnicity
d) Race
A stratification system where the hierarchy of status and power is based primarily on land ownership is known as:
a) medievalism
b) feudalism
c) warlordism
d) serfdom
e) caste system
Which
one
of the following is closest to the share of wealth in the UK held by the poorest half (50 %) of the population?
a) 7 %
b) 20 %
c) 25 %
d) 40 %
The processes of (1) the working class becoming more like the middle class, and (2) the middle class becoming more like the working class are known, respectively, as:
a) embourgeoisement and proletarianization
b) homogenization and pasteurization
c) proletarianization and embourgeoisement
d) professionalization and pauperization
Charles Murray’s work is generally associated with:
a) affluent workers
b) clerical workers struggling to defend their status
c) idlers and scroungers forming an underclass
d) the fragmenting class structure
Which
one
of the following describes social mobility which occurs within an individual’s own lifetime?
a) Intergenerational
b) Intraoccupational
c) Supragenerational
d) Intragenerational
