Related Mcqs:

1. 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

2. 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

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. Ecology is the discipline concerned with________________?

   A. the growth or decline of population
   B. human processes such as migration
   C. how ideologies motivate human behavior
   D. the way living things relate and adjust to each other in a common habitat

5. The Marxian model of class structure divided the population into______________?

   A. quintiles
   B. six or seven layers
   C. the bourgeoisie and the proletariat
   D. the haves and the have nots

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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)

9. 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

10. 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