Assignment

1,The importance of studying a society's social structure is because social structure helps explain _______ through the observation of _______?
a. social inequality; conflict and institutional tension
b. total institutions; types of authority
c. role strain; role exiting
d. human behavior; orderly patterns
e. achieved status; ascribed status

2, As an approach to understanding social interaction, ethnomethodology emphasizes the importance of _______ because this is where "reality" is believed to be _______?
a. eating corndogs at state fairs; Cholitas wrestling c. everyday life; socially constructed
b. role conflict; role strain d. master status; status inconsistency

3, The following quote from Karl Marx is a reminder that "class" as a measure of stratification should be understood as _______ to other classes. "The great riches of a small number are always accompanied by the absolute deprivation of the essential necessities of life for the many others. The wealth of a nation corresponds with its population, and its misery corresponds with its wealth.... Everything therefore depends on making hunger permanent among the working class..." (Karl Marx, Capital: 800).
a. relational c. associated with party affiliation e. subordinate
b. ascribed d. mutually exclusive (that is separate)

4,Pink collar occupations have a greater chance of experiencing _______ in the stratification system?
a. upward mobility c. wealth e. poverty
b. class conflict d. workplace prestige

5, According to sociologist Pierre Bourdieu, the 2013 data above illustrating a relationship between SAT scores and family income can be explained by the presence of _______ in higher income households?
a. incest c. child exploitation e. cultural capital
b. conspicuous study habits d. concentrations of the means of production

6,In the data alluded to in question #5, Max Weber would argue that higher scoring students on the SAC have greater _______ as they grow-up?
a. life chances c. conspicuous leisure e. market control
b. structural immobility d. underclass aversion

7,Which of the following Supreme Court rulings significantly impacted the relationship between money and politics in the U.S.?
a. Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (2010)
b. Abbot v. Costello Corporation (1997)
c. McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission (2014)
d. B only
e. Both A and C

8,A _______ perspective argues that the gendered division of labor within families and the workplace results from male control of and dominance over women and resources.
a. Functionalist c. Conflict e. Postmodern
b. Neoclassical d. Neo-Weberian

9,_______ is the social institution where people and groups compete to acquire and exercise power.
a. Government c. Politics e. The State
b. The Nation d. Transnational corporations

10,_______ defined _______ as the ability of persons or groups to achieve their goals despite opposition from others.
a. Ralf Dahrendorf; authority c. Wilfredo Pareto; dominance
b. Max Weber; power d. Peter Blau; social control.