A. the owners of the means of production
B. persons who have similar forms of power prestige or wealth
C. categories of people set up by governments
D. people especially endowed by nature
Related Mcqs:
- Advocates of the elitist approach believe that the ruling elite maintains its power by____________?
A. physical force
B. manipulation of the masses
C. explaining the truth to the people
D. none of the above - In industrial societies the social class most likely to participate in social movements is the__________?
A. lower class
B. upper class
C. middle class
D. all social classes equally - C.Wright Mills maintains that the nation is really ruled by_______________?
A. the masses
B. a power elite
C. representatives of the people
D. the participants in the political process - Like Freud Erik Erikson maintains that_______________?
A. there are five psycho sexual stages
B. the personality is fixed by age five
C. psychoanalysis including dream analysis is the only way to overcome personality problems
D. none of the above - The smallest group is constituted by the________________?
A. triad
B. quadrad
C. dyad
D. monad - According to Marx which group constituted a ruling elite ?
A. The proletariat
B. The bourgeoisie
C. The workers for the owners of the means of production
D. The military - Marx,s view of social class is that______________?
A. private ownership of the means of production perpetuates class divisions
B. talented people will always rise to the top
C. religion helps fight social inequality
D. the bourgeoisie will eventually triumph - Most researchers today use only two approaches to determine social class They are the_______________?
A. life style approach
B. reputational approach
C. subjective approach
D. occupational prestige and socioeconomic status(SES) - The model in urban ecology that stresses distance of residence from central business based on social class is the_________________?
A. sector model
B. concentric zone model
C. multiple nuclei model
D. wedge-shaped model - The social class(es) least interested in church participation is (are)the_____________?
A. lower-middle class
B. upper-lower class
C. upper and lower classes
D. none of the above
