A social stratum is________________?

Related Mcqs:

1. A stratum of people of similar positions in the social status continuum are termed as_____________?

   A. Social class
   B. clan or tribe
   C. Community
   D. None of these

2. A social stratum is_______________?

   A. a level in the social hierarchy comprising people with shared life chances
   B. a methodological tool used to identify a person’s social class
   C. the boundary between two levels of the social hierarchy
   D. a symbol of status used to differentiate between social classes

3. A social system in which social position is fixed for a lifetime What type of social stratification does this describe ?

   A. slavery
   B. Social class
   C. caste
   D. estates

4. The theory pictures social movements as operating within a competitive field of movements __ a “social movement industry” ____ within which they compete not least for members and activists Which theory of social movements is this ___________?

   A. new social movement theory
   B. collective behavior theory
   C. social strain theory
   D. resource mobilization theory

5. Which method of identifying social classes views social class as a statistical category formed by sociologists or statisticians or statisticians on the basis of income occupation education or some combination of these ?

   A. the combined approach
   B. the reputational method
   C. the self-placement method
   D. the objective method

6. In identifying social classes the reputational method is best suited for investigating social distinctions in_____________?

   A. large densely populated areas
   B. small groups
   C. highly transient communities
   D. none of the above

7. Learning behavior in a social institution or developing social skills is called________________?

   A. Primary
   B. Secondary
   C. Developmental socialization
   D. None of these

8. Sociologist Alvin Goldner sees Erving Goffman’s work on social behavior as implicitly reaffirming the status quo especially social class inequalities Gouldner,s critique is associated with the_____________?

   A. functionalist perspective
   B. conflict perspective
   C. interactionist perspective
   D. psychoanalytic perspective

9. An attempt to understand the social world by situating social events in their corresponding environment is called_____________?

   A. Social work
   B. Sociology
   C. Society
   D. None of these

10. Those aspects of social life that have to do with order, stability and social organization that allow societies and groups to hold together and endure are called______________?

    A. social statics
    B. social dynamics
    C. social absolutes
    D. constructed reality