Sociology Quiz: Chapter 8

Question 1: The ranking of people or groups according to their unequal access to scarce resources is called:  .

Question 2: The ability to control the behavior of others, even against their will is called:  .

Question 3:  What did Karl Marx call the class of people who own the means of production: *** bourgeoisie proletariat onomonapia

Question 4:  What did Karl Marx call the class of people that labors without owning the means of production: *** bourgeoisie proletariat onomonapia

Question 5:  What is the most prestigious occupation in America according to the survey in the chapter:  *** priest surgeon engineer

Question 6:  What is the least prestigious occupation in America according to the survey in the chapter: *** drug dealer janitor panhandler

Question 7: What is the recognition, respect, and admiration attached to social positions called:  *** prestige power bourgeoisie

Question 8:  Adoption of the ideas of the dominant class by the less powerful class is called: :

Question 9:  What percent of the people in the U.S. are considered upper class: *** 1% 15% 20%

Question 10:  What percent of the people in the U.S. are considered underclass: *** 1% 12% 30%

Question 11:  The absence of enough money to secure life's necessities is called: *** relative poverty absolute poverty victim discounting

Question 12:   A stratification structure that does not allow for social mobility: *** open class system caste system intergenerational mobility

Questions 13:  A change upward or downward in occupational status or social class: *** social mobility horizontal mobility vertical mobility

Question 14:   A change in occupation within the same social class is called: *** social mobility horizontal mobility vertical mobility

Question 15:  The movement of individuals of groups between social classes is called: