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20 questions
01
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1 point

A profession requires years of training. Which explanation best reflects the functionalist argument for offering it high rewards?

  1. A

    They ensure that every job receives the same reward.

  2. B

    They can encourage people to undertake training for demanding positions.

  3. C

    They eliminate unequal access to education and influential networks.

  4. D

    They prove that every highly rewarded job is socially necessary.

02
True or false
1 point

True or false: Individual upward movement in occupational position, by itself, shows that overall inequality is declining.

  1. A

    True

  2. B

    False

03
Written response
1 point

What term describes class understood as a measured position often assessed through income, wealth, education, and occupation? Enter the term.

04
Fill in the blank
1 point

In Weber's framework, refers broadly to organized efforts to gain influence or power.

05
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1 point

A teacher is highly respected but earns less than a business owner, who also has greater political influence. Which interpretation best fits Weber's account of stratification?

  1. A

    The teacher must have more economic resources because occupational prestige determines income.

  2. B

    The business owner must have higher status because business ownership determines social honor.

  3. C

    The teacher may have greater prestige while the business owner has more income or political influence.

  4. D

    The two people must have identical life chances if their occupations are in the same society.

06
Written response
1 point

What approach examines how class inequality combines with other relations of power, such as race and gender, in particular institutions and experiences? Enter the name of the approach.

07
True or false
1 point

True or false: Critics of the Davis–Moore thesis argue that unequal rewards reliably prove that the most highly rewarded positions are the most socially necessary.

  1. A

    True

  2. B

    False

08
Choose all
1 point

Select all the accurate descriptions of Bourdieu's forms of capital.

  1. A

    Wealth and income are examples of economic capital.

  2. B

    Valued credentials and knowledge are examples of cultural capital.

  3. C

    Resources derived from relationships and networks are examples of social capital.

  4. D

    Resources recognized as legitimate prestige or authority are examples of symbolic capital.

  5. E

    Social capital refers only to a person's formal educational qualifications.

09
Fill in the blank
1 point

When family relationships help someone access a prestigious internship, the resource gained through those networks is an example of .

10
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1 point

A community widely recognizes a scholar's work as authoritative, giving the scholar prestige. Which concept best describes this recognized resource in Bourdieu's framework?

  1. A

    Economic capital, because the award is a form of income.

  2. B

    Social capital, because the award is the same thing as a personal network.

  3. C

    Symbolic capital, because the recognition confers legitimate prestige or authority.

  4. D

    Class mobility, because receiving recognition necessarily changes a person's economic position.

11
Choose all
1 point

Select all the statements supported by contemporary approaches to class analysis.

  1. A

    Measured class position can be assessed through factors such as income, wealth, education, and occupation.

  2. B

    A relational account of class can examine control, exclusion, or exploitation.

  3. C

    Measured and relational approaches can complement one another.

  4. D

    A measured account alone explains fully how class patterns arise and persist.

12
Open ended
1 point

A worker's opportunities appear to be shaped by income, occupational position, racialization, and gender. Explain how an intersectional approach would analyze this situation and what it might reveal that a class-only account could overlook.

13
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1 point

A company's owners decide how work is organized and how profits are distributed, while employees have less control over those decisions. Which interpretation best fits a Marxist analysis?

  1. A

    The company shows that occupational prestige is the only meaningful dimension of stratification.

  2. B

    The owners' control over work organization and profit distribution illustrates the importance of ownership and class relations.

  3. C

    The employees' wage status proves that they have no role in producing the company's profits.

  4. D

    The company's arrangements show that all workers share the same interests as owners.

14
True or false
1 point

A person moves upward in occupational position. This alone does not show that inequality across society is declining.

  1. A

    True

  2. B

    False

15
Choose one
1 point

A society offers high pay and prestige for a profession requiring lengthy training. Which explanation best fits the Davis–Moore thesis?

  1. A

    They show that positions with higher rewards are necessarily more socially necessary.

  2. B

    They may motivate people to undertake training for positions considered important or demanding.

  3. C

    They ensure that people with the most qualifications receive the highest rewards.

  4. D

    They eliminate the effects of unequal access to education and influential networks.

16
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1 point

A company’s owners decide how work is organized and how profits are distributed, while employees have less influence over those decisions. Which concept is most central to a Marxist analysis of this situation?

  1. A

    Their different levels of occupational prestige

  2. B

    The way credentials determine market chances

  3. C

    Their positions in relation to ownership and control of production

  4. D

    The degree to which they share cultural knowledge

17
Written response
1 point

In Weber’s framework, what term refers broadly to organized efforts to gain influence or power?

18
Choose one
1 point

A person’s credentials open up some job opportunities while limiting access to others. Which Weberian dimension of stratification does this example most directly illustrate?

  1. A

    The person’s economic position and market chances

  2. B

    The person’s social honor and prestige

  3. C

    The person’s participation in organized efforts to gain political influence

  4. D

    The person’s control over other workers’ daily tasks

19
Choose one
1 point

A student uses family connections to obtain a prestigious internship, and the resulting experience strengthens their employment prospects. Which idea from Bourdieu’s approach does this best illustrate?

  1. A

    Economic resources always determine social standing on their own.

  2. B

    Social networks matter only when they directly provide income.

  3. C

    Credentials and relationships are separate resources that cannot affect one another.

  4. D

    Different resources can reinforce one another and create further opportunities.

20
Written response
1 point

What term does Bourdieu use for resources recognized as legitimate prestige or authority?