NVCC SOC 200 EXAM 2 2026/2027 – STUDY GUIDE, PRACTICE QUESTIONS, EXAM
REVIEW & TEST PREP
Upward Social Mobility - correct answer ✔✔movement up the social class ladder
Social Stratification - correct answer ✔✔a system by which a society ranks categories of people in a
hierarchy
Davis-Moore thesis - correct answer ✔✔the functional analysis claiming that social stratification has
beneficial consequences for the operation of society
Conspicuous Consumption - correct answer ✔✔buying expensive services and products in order to
flaunt your wealth
Structural Unemployment - correct answer ✔✔unemployment that results because the number of jobs
available in some labor markets is insufficient to provide a job for everyone who wants one
Polarization - correct answer ✔✔the presence of increasingly conflicting and divided viewpoints
between the Democratic and Republican Parties
Conflict Theory - correct answer ✔✔a theoretical framework in which society is viewed as composed of
groups that are competing for scarce resources
Globalization - correct answer ✔✔the process by which businesses or other organizations develop
international influence or start operating on an international scale.
Outsourcing - correct answer ✔✔obtain (goods or a service) from an outside or foreign supplier,
especially in place of an internal source.
Underemployment - correct answer ✔✔the condition when people work at jobs for which they are
overqualified or that do not utilize their skills
Mercantilism - correct answer ✔✔belief in the benefits of profitable trading; commercialism.
Patrilocal - correct answer ✔✔refers to the pattern in which married couples live with or near the
husbands' parents
Matrilocal - correct answer ✔✔refers to the pattern in which married couples live with or near the
wives' parents
U.S. Census 2010 - correct answer ✔✔showed that kids are living more with their parents
Cohabitation - correct answer ✔✔living together without being married
Reasons for Delaying Marriage - correct answer ✔✔- changing definition of marriage
- cohabitation
REVIEW & TEST PREP
Upward Social Mobility - correct answer ✔✔movement up the social class ladder
Social Stratification - correct answer ✔✔a system by which a society ranks categories of people in a
hierarchy
Davis-Moore thesis - correct answer ✔✔the functional analysis claiming that social stratification has
beneficial consequences for the operation of society
Conspicuous Consumption - correct answer ✔✔buying expensive services and products in order to
flaunt your wealth
Structural Unemployment - correct answer ✔✔unemployment that results because the number of jobs
available in some labor markets is insufficient to provide a job for everyone who wants one
Polarization - correct answer ✔✔the presence of increasingly conflicting and divided viewpoints
between the Democratic and Republican Parties
Conflict Theory - correct answer ✔✔a theoretical framework in which society is viewed as composed of
groups that are competing for scarce resources
Globalization - correct answer ✔✔the process by which businesses or other organizations develop
international influence or start operating on an international scale.
Outsourcing - correct answer ✔✔obtain (goods or a service) from an outside or foreign supplier,
especially in place of an internal source.
Underemployment - correct answer ✔✔the condition when people work at jobs for which they are
overqualified or that do not utilize their skills
Mercantilism - correct answer ✔✔belief in the benefits of profitable trading; commercialism.
Patrilocal - correct answer ✔✔refers to the pattern in which married couples live with or near the
husbands' parents
Matrilocal - correct answer ✔✔refers to the pattern in which married couples live with or near the
wives' parents
U.S. Census 2010 - correct answer ✔✔showed that kids are living more with their parents
Cohabitation - correct answer ✔✔living together without being married
Reasons for Delaying Marriage - correct answer ✔✔- changing definition of marriage
- cohabitation
