In the last 30 years, what does the evidence suggest about the gap between the wealthy and the poor in the United States?
a. The gap has been shrinking.
b. The gap has stayed about the same.
c. The gap no longer exists.
d. The gap has grown larger.
The model Fatima Siad revealed on television that:
a. she was born in Saudi Arabia
b. she Was a victim of domestic violence
c. she disapproves of flaunting her beauty
d. she underwent female circumcision
Sociology has three major paradigms. Which is not one of these main paradigms?
a. functionalism
b. conflict theory
c. symbolic interactionism
d. ecclectialism.
Matriarchy is:
a. equally common to patriarchy
b. totally absent in its pure form
c. becoming the norm
d. just as valid as patriarchy
William was born into a wealthy family who has had money for several generations. He attended exclusive prep schools instead of public schools and now belongs to an expensive country club. He does not worry about money and lives very comfortably.
His social class is most likely to be:
a. upper/elite class
b. middle class
c. working class
d. urban underclass
In the U.S., people are often divided by all of the following except:
a. royal birth
b. income
c. wealth
d. occupational prestige
Leonard sees society as a constant struggle over a limited amount of resources. He is most likely to see the world through the ________________ paradigm.
a. conflict theory
b. functionalist theory
c. symbolic interactionism
d. anomic
West and Zimmerman propose that:
a. Gender is an artificial construct.
b. There are no differences between men and women.
c. There is a difference between doing gender and having gender.
d. Gender is not a learned concept.
According to the text, the United States' level of inequality is:
a. not a social problem
b. one of the lowest in the world
c. one of the worst in the world and getting worse
d. none of the above
___________ is the first stage of a movement where people become aware of a problem and begin to notice that others feel the same way.
a. Democratization
b. Emergence
c. Contagion
d. Bureaucratization
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