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SOCL
2001 EXAM 3 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS VERIFIED AND UPDATED.
1. a hierarchy
the organization of society in which people are ranked according to their
wealth or prestige: social stratification
2. T/F: On average, industrial societies show higher levels of social stratifica-
tion in comparison to hunter gatherers: True
3. which is NOT a dimension of power?: mode of production
4. If you have a lot of family money, but you are not productive in society, will
you have a higher or lower rank in class?: higher
5. The fact that all industrial societies have some level of social stratification
is....: associated with functionalism theory
6. level of income inequality is most similar to...: India
7. when asked about distribution of income in USA, americans tend to under-
estimate the: distribution of income
8. if we want to reduce income inequality in the US, we need to work on: policies
9. social mobility is highly constrained and more about the situation in which
you were born in a: caste society
10. in the US, the strongest predictor of your own success is
& what is the evidence against?: your family background; functionalist perspective
11. T/F: race is directly related to genetic difference: false
12. T/F: race is not the same as ethnicity: true
13. by 2055, some people estimate the population in the US will be majority the
who will hold power/be majority?: minority; whites
14. what is an example of a stereotype: asians are smart
women can't drive
15. asians have a lower economic return than whites. if this results from com-
panies based on biased criteria it is : institutional discrimination
16. which of the following is evidence of gender roles between women and
men?: suggest there is some social component that may change across different
societies
17. sex and gender are: distinct
18. it is necessary for differences in women and men's income to be consid-
ered: gender inequality
19. if women come to a dominate a job and it is seen as lower, it will be the
