Related Mcqs:

1. The objective approach to determine social class membership is based on________________?

   A. income
   B. years of education
   C. prestigious position
   D. all of the above

2. A modern definition of class maintains that social class is constituted by____________?

   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

3. 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

4. The categories used by researchers to pigeonhole people into social classes__________________?

   A. reflect the common -sense self-ratings of individuals
   B. indicate that there are two classes the working class and the middle class
   C. tend to be arbitrary and artificial
   D. adequately reflect the complexity of the American class system

5. Studies of siblings who shared parents’ social class and everyday experiences have shown that they_____________?

   A. view the same experiences differently
   B. arrive at a common view point through discussion
   C. perceive the same events in the same way
   D. pretend to disagree when they really agree

6. 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

7. The nation that social institutions reinforce and legitimize class division is derived from___________?

   A. Karl Marx
   B. Emile Durkheim
   C. Adam Smith
   D. Max Weber

8. 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

9. 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

10. The synthesis of the elitist and pluralist approaches realist democracy assumes that_____________?

    A. voters do have a choice in elite competition
    B. the elites have a consensus on basic democracy
    C. new groups can become the new elite
    D. all of the above