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What are the three variables Max Weber identified as defining social class?

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wealth, power, prestige

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Based on the Maxist orientation of conflict sociologists, how many distinct social classes exist?

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two

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Phil, a janitor for an expensive apartment-house complex in chicago, is a union janitor who makes quite a bit more money than the tenants in the building he maintains....

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status inconsistency

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Erik Wright revised Marx's concept of social classes by regarding some people as simultaneously more than one class. He termed their positions in the class structure

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contradictory class locations

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What are the four variables Gilbert and Kahl used to develop a six-class model to reflect the class structure of the United States and other capitalist countries?

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education, power, property, prestige

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To determine the poverty line, the US Gov calculated a low-cost food budget for a family of a specific size, then subjects that number to which modification?

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it multiplies the food budget by THREE

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Numerically, what if the race of the majority of the poor in the US?

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white

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The Trend in the US in which most poor families are headed by a women is called:

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the feminization of poverty

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____ are the most likely segment of the population in the US to experience poverty today.

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children

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

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Horatio Alger

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Wealth and income are interchangeable terms, each meaning the same in reference to social class.

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false

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There is a direct relationship between the amount of education an occupation requires and the prestige it holds in society.

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true

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Status inconsistency is common for winners of multimillion-dollar lotteries, especially when the status of their new wealth exceeds the status of their education and occupation.

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true

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Of the six social classes in America, the lower middle class has the highest percentage of members.

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true

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Sociologically, why is gender especially significant?

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It is a master status cutting across all aspects of life.

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Which statement is least accurate regarding sex and gender?

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The terms 'sex' and 'gender' are sociologically and biologically interchangeable.

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The term for the unequal access to power, prestige, and property base on a peron's sex is:

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gender stratification

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While the notion of gender refers to sociological characteristics, the concept of sex refers to the ___ characteristics.

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biological

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What classification of terminology do sociologists apply to women that describe their inability to gain access to power, property, and prestige?

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minority group

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Which wave of feminism was characterized by broad goals ranging from an increase in women's pay to anti violence campaign?

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the second wave

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What term describes the invisible barrier that keeps women from advancing to the top levels of a corporation?

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the glass ceiling

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Sexual harassment was not recognized as being a social problem until the

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1970s

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Gender stratification refers to the ranking of males and females according to their access to power, proper, and prestige based on their sex.

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true

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Sociologically, 'gender' and 'sex' are interchangeable terms that have virtually the same meaning.

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false

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In hunting and gathering as well as horticultural societies, women contribute the majority of the food supply to their groups.

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true

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The ratio of women who work for wages is evenly distributed throughout the US

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false

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What is a group of people with inherited physical characteristics that distinguish it from another group?

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a race

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The massacre of Native Americans in the 1800s, the extermination of the Jews in Nazi Germany, and the slaughter of the Tutsis in Rwanda are all examples of:

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genocide

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While race might reflect our biological heritage, ____ reflects our cultural heritage

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ethnicity

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Prejudice describes _____ while discrimination describes _____.

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attitudes; actions

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According to Adorno, a(n) _____ is a person who is prejudiced and ranks high on scales of conformity, intolerance, insecurity, respect for authority, and submissiveness to superiors.

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authoritarian personality

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Who was the theorist who conluded that highly prejudiced people are actually insecure conformists?

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Theodor Adorno

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What is another name for multiculturalism?

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pluralism

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What is the largest minority group in the US today?

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latino american

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Of all the ethnic groups, in which group are children most likely to grow up with two parents and least likely to be born to a single mother?

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asian american

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_____ are often referred to as the 'invisible minority'

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african americans

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The US census bureau allows respondents to choose as many races as they wish in describing who they consider themselves to be.

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true

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Everyone who shares a respective ethnic identity expresses that identity through the same ethnic work.

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false

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The way in which race is determined is a universal cultural constant.

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false

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Prejudice is an action, discrimination is an attitude.

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false

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Discrimination can occur without the awareness of both those doing the discriminating and those being discriminated against.

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true

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