Sociology 101: Chapter 4 and 5 Quiz

How much of the United States' wealth rests in the hands of the wealthiest top 1% of people?

1/3

Identify the theory for sociologist Edwin Sutherland

Differential association

Who developed differential association theory?

Edwin Sutherland

After the floppy disk was introduced, zip drives were invented shortly after, followed quickly by flash drives. This is an example of:

Evolutionary model of technological change

An example of slavery, according to Anti-Slavery International is:

Factories using child labor

Whose work do conflict theorists rely on to help form their arguments surrounding social stratification?

Karl Marx

Which is an effect of absolute poverty that also contributes to its cyclical nature?

Lack of education

Media globalization can be defined as:

The worldwide integration of media through the cross-cultural exchange of ideas

The significance of names or reputations given to people when they engage in certain types of behavior is the focus of:

labeling theory

The term crime can be defined as:

A behavior that violates official law and is punishable through formal sanctions.

Mohit spent his days combing through garbage in Mumbai, India. He never tried to overcome his lower-class status because he had seen his friends try and fail. He accepted his fate in a closed society. Mohit is an example of someone living under:

A caste system

What social perspective aligns with relativity of deviance?

Symbolic interactionism

Susan has the newest iPhone, iPod, and Mac. When a new Apple product is released, Susan stands in line for hours to be the first to buy it. Susan is a(n):

Technophile

E-readiness can be defined as:

the ability to sort through, interpret, and process digital knowledge

Strain theory:

Addresses the relationship between having a socially acceptable goals and having socially acceptable means to reach those goals.

Which continent has the greatest number of impoverished nations in the world?

Africa

Which theorist studied the power elite, and the influence they had over society?

C. Wright Mills

In recent times, scholars have been trying to sort out why the countries on the continent of Africa, as a whole have trouble competing to today's global, capitalist economy. A sociologist studying this topic would ascribe to which theoretical paradigm?

Conflict theory

What seems to be the key (although not the rule) to upward social mobility?

How much education you have

What is a negative risk of media globalization?

Governments censoring information for their benefit.

Which number does the World Bank use to determine the status and classification of each nation?

Gross National Income per Capita

Social control is:

The regulation and enforcement of norms

How is a sociologist supposed to determine whether their subjects are in the upper class or the upper-middle class?

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.

Which statement explains why Immanuel Wallerstein's classification is preferred by sociologists?

Wallerstein's classification uses neutral terms that allow his classification of nations to be less biased and appear less ethnocentric

Immanuel Wallerstein's classification of nations uses which set of terms?

core nation, peripheral nation, semi-peripheral nation