Sociology Exam 3

Modernization theory claims what assumptions?

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The number of senior citizens in the United States

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Where would you look in US schools to see courses in which men outnumber women?

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Would Karl Marx argue that capitalism reproduces the class structure?

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For the world as a whole how many people suffer from chronic hunger that leaves them less than able to work?

1 billion

In the worlds lowest income nations, half of the children born die by what age?

10

In 2008 how many nations are there in the world?

194

In a middle income nation the average person's income is in a range of?

2500-10000

Middle income nations, average personal income is in the range of what?

2500-10000

In 2007 how manu people had an income below the official poverty level?

37 Million

Roughly 1 million people around the world live in poverty, what percentage are women?

50%

The richest 5% of U.S. families own about what percentage of privately owned property?

60%

The wealthies 20% of the World population recieve about what percentage of all the global income?

74%

People of high income countries represent 22% of the worlds populations, enjoy about how much of the worlds wealth?

80%

The type of society that typically generates or operates as a gerontocracy. Where is this likely to happen?

Agrarian Societies

If you were applying modernization to the problem of global poverty you might expect rich nations to aid economic development in poor nations by doing what?

All of the above

Weber claimed that social positioned is based on what?

All of the above

Which of the following factors effect social position?

All of the above

Comparing societies in history and around the world we see that social stratification may involve differences of what..

All of the above.

The point of describing the gender concept in Israeli kibbutzim is to show what?

Cultures define gender in different ways

What are the causes in the increase of elderly population?

Decrease in birthrate and increasing life expectancy

What is a criticism of dependency theory

Dependency theory views world capitalism as the single cause of global inequality.

Which of the following job categories list women as

Elementary school teachers

Which is not a principle of social stratification?

Families social standing typically change view from generation to generation.

Japan is a society with a long history of caste systems, today people may not always discuss openly what caste there in but it is never far from the surface...

Family Background

Using sociological perspective we see that social stratification....

Gives some advantages that others do not have.

Who coined the term "survival of the fittest?"

Herbert Spencer

In the U.S. people of what position are likely to vote?

High Social Positions

Idology or beliefs systems that support stratification are found in where?

In class and caste systems

The majority of the worlds population lives where?

Low income

Roughly 40-45% of the U.S. population falls within?

Middle Class

Based on occupational prestige which of the following statements is correct?

Occupational rankings are much the same in all high income countries. Occupational prestige: differential social evaluation which is ascribe to jobs. How people view them, what they know.

In all societies kinship plays a part in social stratification because of what reason?

Parents pass their social standing to their children.

In today's society most deaths occur where?

Personal settings such as hospitals.

The concept of ageism refers to what?

Prejudice and Discrimination All of the above if a choice

Why do societies with class based systems keep some elements of the caste system rather than becoming complete hierocracies?

Pure hiercrocies will eliminates families and other social loyalties that tie societies together.

Social Stratification is a concept that refers to what idea?

Society ranking categories of people in a hierarchy.

What of the countries listed below is not a high income nation?

South Africa

If you were to apply modernization theory to the probability of global poverty it might point to what trait of low income nations?

They find family more important than technological development

Which of the following class levels contains the least amount of racial diversity?

Upper Upper

Feminist support all of the following except

Weakening the importance of gender in peoples lives

Margaret Mead's research on gender in three societies in New Guinea supports the conclusion that?

What is feminine in one society may be masculine in another

Work involving mental activity is called what type of work?

White Collar work

The concept of the feminization of poverty refers to what idea?

Women make up incresing number of the poor A larger share of the poor are women

The concept of neocolonialism refers to what ideas?

a new form of global power relationships that involves not direct political control but economic exploitation by multinational corporations

Throughout life gender shapes what?

all of the above

Institutional prejudice and discrimination refers to what idea?

bias is built into operation of societys institutions

Social isolation is most common for what age group of the aging?

elderly women

Dependency theory differs from the modernization theory by what ideas?

explaining global inequality in terms of the exploitation of poor countries by rich countries.