Sociology chapters 8 and 9

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. Conspicuous consumption b. Popular consumerism c. Designer consumerism d. Credit card consumerism

A. Conspicuous consumption

Elisa graduated from college with a double major and was inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa society. She was then offered a job in New York where she worked 12 hours a day and produced excellent results. Within two years she had over 100 employees working under her. Elisa's hard work was rewarded with a raise and a bonus. This form of promotion is based on the principles of: a. A meritocracy b. A democracy c. A caste system d. A closed stratification system

A. a meritocracy

One main issue in studying global social inequality is: a. Most countries keep their economic situations secret. b. Social inequality is relative and therefore, difficult to compare across cultures. c. The presence of tourism can make a country look richer than it really is. d. Most people live beyond their means which gives a false sense of wealth to a society.

B. Social inequality is relative and therefore difficult to compare across cultures

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. A dictatorship c. A caste system d. An oligarchy

C. A caste system

Whose work do conflict theorists rely on to help form their arguments surrounding social stratification? a. Auguste Comte b. Émile Durkheim c. René Decartes d. Karl Marx

D. Karl Marx

which theorist would be most interested in who controls media, and the ways in which the dominant race and class minimizes the media presence of the lower classes and other races

a conflict theorist

from the functionalist perspective, which of the following is a fucntion of social media

all of the above

the debate about net neutrality consists of two main sides - which is one of those sides

those who provide internet services should be treated as common carriers legally prohibitied from discriminating based on the customer or nature of the goods

What is the most significant threat to the relatively high standard of living people are accusomted to in the united states

the decline of the middle class

a person's position in a country's social stratification is determined by

wealth, power, income, race, education