Harper and Leicht cite __________ as an American social trend.

Harper and Leicht cite __________ as an American social trend.
 
  a. increase in scale of personal life.
  b. diffusion of control.
  c. increasing differentiation and specialization in social life.
  d. emphasis on small social systems to the detriment of larger ones.

Question 2

Class position has attached to it
 
  a. privilege and prestige but not power.
  b. privilege and power but not prestige.
  c. power and prestige but not privilege.
  d. power, prestige, and privilege.

Question 3

Harper and Leicht's example of Prentice-Hall, your book's publisher, shows
 
  a. a complex web of organization.
  b. an increasing de-centralization of control.
  c. the growth of urbanization.
  d. a peculiarly American manifestation of social processes.

Question 4

According to Harper and Leicht, urbanization is an example of
 
  a. the growth in scale of social life.
  b. de-centralization of control.
  c. people's world of family and friends.
  d. a decline in focus on interconnections.

Question 5

Sociologists generally agree that there are
 
  a. two classes in the United States.
  b. three classes in the United States.
  c. six classes in the United States.
  d. none of the above; there is no general agreement on the number of classes.

Question 6

Class is defined in the text as a status position arising from
 
  a. power and authority.
  b. prestige.
  c. social ties.
  d. wealth or income.

Question 7

A relatively recent structural trend in society, according to Harper and Leicht, has been

Question 8

The heart of capitalism is opposed by the socialism principle of planning.
 
  a. true
  b. false