Deck 1: The Road to Social Inequality: A Conceptual Introduction

Question 1

Doob explains that higher-class members of society, whites, and males have had fewer opportunities than

A) racial and ethnic minorities
B) women
C) lower-class people
D) the unemployed
E) none of the above

Answer 1

E

Question 2

Globalization

A) is another way of explaining how people in the U.S. are stratified
B) is a very new process
C) is a fairly new term
D) is nonexistent in today's global world

Answer 2

C

Question 3

With a global economy there has been

A) greater equity in who can become wealthy
B) a decrease in social inequality
C) less downsizing and outsourcing by corporations
D) greater economic instability among poorer nations
E) a decrease in profits for large corporations

Answer 3

D

Question 4

The U.S. produces greater economic inequality than other developed nations and has

A) greater rates of mental illness
B) lower rates of mental illness
C) higher life expectancy rates
D) lower crime rates
E) greater rates of college completion

Question 5

Researchers have found that habitas

A) has limited connection to social reproduction
B) has less of a connection to social reproduction than initially expected
C) is strongly connected to social reproduction
D) is shared only by the wealthy

Question 6

Educational opportunities are unrelated to which of the following forms of capital?

A) human
B) social
C) cultural
D) financial
E) none of the above

Question 7

Sociologists agree that there is a prevalence of social inequality in society.

Question 8

Societies that are socially stratified provide the same amounts of resources to different groups of people.

Question 9

The slow pace of trade in the global economy has resulted in both wealthy and poor nations being able to share the wealth.

Question 10

Globalization has provided large corporations large profits and individuals with greater job security.

Question 11

The measurement of a nation's statistical distribution of income or wealth inequality is called the Gemini index.

Question 12

Walmart's record of high employee satisfaction and low discrimination against employees has resulted in a substantial increase in employee loyalty

Question 13

Research on social reproduction finds that most Americans will find themselves in much higher social-class positions than their parents

Question 14

Habitas is related to social reproduction due to shared attitudes, behaviors and experiences of people living in a distinct social world.

Question 15

All adults have the same amount of financial capital that they use to obtain educational and occupational success and advancement for their children.

Question 16

According to the text, there are six forms of capital

Question 17

What accounts for the instability of global economies?

Question 18

Discuss the impact of globalization on American workers.

Question 19

Discuss the types of capital and how they are connected to social reproduction.

Question 20

Explain how educational opportunities are inextricably linked to each of the various forms of capital.