QUESTIONS WRITTEN BY STUDENTS FROM EARLIER SEMESTERS

    1. The US has a segmented labor market with three job sectors. True or False?

    [answer= false, segmented but has only 2 sectors]

    2. According to the lecture, the American Dream is:
    a. true or possible
    b. never going to happen
    c. an example of true consciousness
    d. an example of false consciousness

    [answer=d]

    3. In Marxist class model what two things determine class positions in society?

    [answer= ownership of the means of production and the ability to control and purchase labor]

    4.  Which answer below is one of the premises of the Marxist class model?
    a. the study of life as theater
    b. stigmatized individual perceive others .....?
    c. ability to control or purchase labor

    [answer=c]

    5. according to the Marxist class model, this group of people owns means of production and controls labor
    a. capitalists
    b. petite bourgeoisie
    c. workers
    d. middle class

    [answer=a]

    6. class consciousness refers to
    a. people's awareness that they are in a classless society
    b. people's awareness of their desired class identity
    c. people's awareness of their true class identity
    d. people's awareness for the need of social classes

    [answer=c]

    7. dramaturgy is
    a. the study of social interaction through deviant behavior
    b. the study of social interaction through children
    c. the study of social interaction as theater
    d. none of the above

    [answer=c]

    8. which is not a conflict theorist's view of stratification?
    a. societies' need for order
    b. unequal distribution of power
    c. ownership of the means of production
    d. controlling the labor of others

    [answer=a]

    9. poverty persist because it
    a. plays a major institutional role
    b. reinforces competitive ideology
    c. cannot be solved through the welfare system (not enough for all)
    d. both a and b are correct

    [answer=d]

    10. which part of the modern working structure is not included in the marxist model?
    a. workers
    b. capitalists
    c. middle management
    d. the petite bourgeoisie

    [answer=c]

    11. in order to restore a spoiled image, aligning action must be taken. Which of the following is NOT an example of aligning action?
    a. justification
    b. apology
    c. defensive position
    d. excuses

    [answer=c]

    12. according to conflict perspective, societies are divided into classes with conflicting interests and power is distributed on the basis of ownership and control of
    a. means of production
    b. one's labor
    c. false consciousness
    d. none of the above

    [answer=a]

    13. which selection is not a type of stigma?
    a. defects of the body
    b. defects of the character
    c. defects of the mind
    d. social group membership

    [answer=c]

    14. Goffman defines 3 types of stigma: defects of the body, defects of the character and
    a. social group membership
    b. defects of society
    c. spoiled identity
    d. none of the above

    [answer=a]

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