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Export Maria babysits as a form of income while she is in college. Because the amounts she gets per job are not huge, Maria never bothers to report her earnings to the IRS. Maria is a part of the _____________. A. Under-paid economy B. Under-reported economy C. Underground economy D. Under-earning economy - CORRECT ANSWER >>>C Which is an effect of absolute poverty that also contributes to its cyclical nature? A. Excellent healthcare B. Massive credit card debt C. Home foreclosures D. Lack of education - CORRECT ANSWER >>>D Areas that once had vast economic growth and large amounts of industry, but are now suffering from the effects of outsourcing are going through a period of: A. Industrialization transition
B. Post-industrialization C. Industrialization D. Deindustrialization - CORRECT ANSWER >>>D How is global stratification different from social stratification? A. Global stratification can only measure the inequalities among purely democratic states, while social stratification can be expanded to apply to people in any country in the world. B. Global stratification only examines environmental inequalities among nations while social stratification examines inequalities among people. C. Global stratification examines a myriad of different types of prejudice and inequality, while social stratification covers the social class and standing of individuals. D. Countries cannot move up and down the global stratification ladder, unlike people who can use social mobility to climb or fall down the social stratification ladder. - CORRECT ANSWER >>>C The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was created by: A. Core nation countries B. Third world countries C. Asian and American countries
B. Triad C. Aggregate D. In-group - CORRECT ANSWER >>>C Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a bureaucracy: A. Clear division of labor B. Impersonality C. Explicit rules D. Personality-based promotion - CORRECT ANSWER >>>D The concept "reference groups" can be defined as: A. Groups to which an individual compares himself or herself. B. People who share similar characteristics but who are not connected in any way. C. Groups a person belongs to and feels are an integral part of his or her identity. D. Groups which consist of people for whom an individual feels great disdain.
- CORRECT ANSWER >>>A What is the difference between a primary group and a secondary group?
A. A primary group is small, consisting of emotional face-to-face relationships; a secondary group is larger and impersonal. B. A primary group is large and impersonal; a secondary group is small and purely instrumental in function. C. A primary group is small and impersonal; a secondary group is large and consists of face-to-face relationships. D. A primary group is large and impersonal; a secondary group is small, consisting of emotional, face-to-face relationships. - CORRECT ANSWER >>>A The term meritocracy is defined by the text as: A. A status-based regime in which advancement is unlikely. B. The authoritarian devalue of an employee. C. The removal of personal feelings from a professional situation. D. A bureaucracy where membership and advancement is based on proven and documented skills. - CORRECT ANSWER >>>A A total institution can be defined as: A. A group in which the masses have a large influence in decision making. B. An organization in which participants live a controlled lifestyle and in which total resocialization occurs.
A. New media B. Computer lag C. Technological pause D. Digital divide - CORRECT ANSWER >>>D The term media globalization can be defined as: A. The cross-cultural development and exchange of computer hardware. B. The inability of geographically rural areas to access new media. C. The worldwide integration of media through the cross-cultural exchange of ideas. D. The governmental sanction allowing worldwide access to media education. - CORRECT ANSWER >>>C The term panoptic surveillance is defined in the text as: A. When people are too overwhelmed with media input to really care about the issue, so their involvement becomes defined by awareness instead of by action about the issue at hand
B. A form of constant monitoring in which the observation posts are decentralized and the observed is never communicated with directly C. A network of neighborhood spies who go through local mailboxes and listen in on phone lines D. An online invasion of spyware which track when controversial political beliefs are being expressed - CORRECT ANSWER >>>B Tyson visits China over spring break, and after getting online to write home to her parents, she realizes some of her favorite social media sites are blocked by the Chinese government. She becomes concerned with how technology reinforces inequalities among communities, both within and among countries. What sociological perspective best fits Tyson's concerns? A. Conflict B. Symbolic Interactionist C. Cyberfeminist D. Functionalist - CORRECT ANSWER >>>A From the functionalist perspective, which of the following is a function of social media? A. Social norm function B. Life changing function C. Entertainment function
A. The feminization of poverty B. The stagnation of wages for workers C. The growth of the upper class D. The decline of the middle class - CORRECT ANSWER >>>D Since the social classes in the United States do not have any clear boundaries, how is a sociologist supposed to determine whether their subjects are in the upper class or the upper-middle class? A. Upper class is often defined as having control over one's life and the lives of people around you, while the upper-middle class is often defined as having control only over one's own life. B. The upper class is split into "old money" and "new money" people, while the upper-middle class simply struggles to maintain its wealth. C. In the upper class, everyone knows everyone, but in the upper-middle class, the people do not comingle. D. All upper class people enjoy opera and have been bred for their stations while the upper-middle class consists mostly of newly wealthy people who may not have had the same kind of upbringing. - CORRECT ANSWER >>>A Whose work do conflict theorists rely on to help form their arguments surrounding social stratification? A. Émile Durkheim B. Karl Marx
C. Auguste Comte D. René Decartes - CORRECT ANSWER >>>B Hope is desperate for the new designer purse that she saw while window shopping at her local mall. She knew every girl in school would covet her bag and wish to be like her. When she walked in, she whipped out her credit card, and purchased the $5,000 bag. This kind of purchasing is called: A. Popular consumerism B. Credit card consumerism C. Designer consumerism D. Conspicuous consumption - CORRECT ANSWER >>>D Mohit spent his days combing through garbage in Mumbai, India with his brothers and sisters. Sometimes he would find food, or something to sell for money. He never tried to overcome his lower-class status because he had seen his friends try and fail. So, he accepted his fate, and tried to live life as best he could in a closed society. Mohit is an example of someone living under: A. A meritocracy B. An oligarchy C. A dictatorship
A. Intragenerational mobility B. Structural mobility C. Intergenerational mobility D. Downward mobility - CORRECT ANSWER >>>A
