sociology chapter 7

What is the average per capita annual income in the United States, which includes all Americans, and even children? $18,000 $50,500 $27,500 $42,000

$42,000

What is the typical annual family income in the United States? 48000 39000 35000 60000

60000

The concept of the maquiladoras was made possible by the passage of the ________. Sherman Anti-Trust Act International Commerce Act of Latin America Taft-Hartley Trade Act North American Free Trade Agreement

North American Free Trade Agreement

Which of the following statements is most accurate with respect to determining social prestige in modern society? Family lineage is the primary determinant of social prestige. Social prestige is based primarily on the wealth one accumulates One's occupational title is the greatest influence in determining social prestige. Together wealth and power are the determining factors of social prestige.

One's occupational title is the greatest influence in determining social prestige.

Which statement regarding the nation's income is most accurate? The top 20 percent of Americans earn nearly half the income. The top two-thirds of Americans earn about two-thirds of the income The bottom 20 percent of Americans earn about 15 percent of the income. Income earnings are just about evenly divided among all Americans

The top 20 percent of Americans earn nearly half the income

What did Higginbotham and Weber discover about women from working-class backgrounds who now occupied professional, managerial, and administrative positions in Memphis? They married into social classes higher than their own They were the eldest child in the family. They were encouraged by their parents to get an education. They were in the top five percent of their graduating class.

They were encouraged by their parents to get an education.

Who or what are the maquiladoras? assembly-for-export factories along the Mexican border elite members of Mexico's newly emerging industrial capitalists death squads that hunt and kill the beggar children of Brazil Mexican migrant workers who cross the border to pick crops in the U.S.

assembly-for-export factories along the Mexican border

Which sociologist coined the term "the power elite"? emile Durkheim karl marx Talcott parsons c. wright mills

c. wright mills

What were the three major causes of slavery prior to life in the American colonies? racism, religion, gender gender, politics, ethnicity gender, racism, and social class debt, crime, war

debt, crime, war

Sally is employed as a computer programmer for the Ellis Corporation. She has a savings account of $15,000 and owns a few shares of Ellis stock. She thinks of herself as an investor rather than as a worker. Marx would maintain that Sally has experienced ________. class consciousness misplaced commitment false class consciousness management ideology

false class consciousness

What term would Karl Marx use for today's workers who mistakenly identify with the capitalists simply because they own a few shares of stock or work as managers of large corporations? class improvisation social solidarity social bond false class consciousness

false class consciousness

The sociologist who believed that social class is made up of three components - property, power, and prestige - was ________. Talcott Parsons Karl Marx Max Weber Emile Durkheim

max weber

What is the background profile of most United States presidents? millionaire white men from families with old money upper-class white men from traditional working families individuals from a diverse pool of Americans who love their country politicians from new money families with upper-class backgrounds

millionaire white men from families with old money

The ability to control others, even over their objections, is referred to as ________. power status prestige class

power

The division of large numbers of people into layers according to their relative power, property, and prestige is referred to as ________. the diversification of society social stratification social networking multiculturalism

social stratification

Phil, a janitor for an expensive apartment-house complex in Chicago, is a union janitor who makes quite a bit more money than many of the tenants in the building he maintains. Lenski would note that Phil's high income but low occupational prestige demonstrates a condition of ________. status insecurity status inconsistency status incompatibility status contradiction

status inconsistency

What was the term C. Wright Mills used to refer to those who make the big decisions in American society? the power elite the upper class the capitalists the national security administration

the power elite

When used by sociologists, the term "wealth" refers to ________. the property owned and the income acquired minus debts made by the person the income after state and federal taxes have been withheld the property a person owns the income made from a person's occupation

the property owned and the income acquired minus debts made by the person

Based on the Marxist orientation of conflict sociologists, how many distinct social classes exist? six three four two

two

What are the three variables Max Weber identified as defining social class? occupation, neighborhood, wealth sex, power, education ethnicity, race, sex wealth, power, prestige

wealth power prestige