S100 Final Exam - Indiana University
Questions with complete solution
2025/2026
social class - correct answer ✔large group of people who rank close to one another in property, power,
and prestige
3 components of social class - correct answer ✔property, power and prestige
wealth - correct answer ✔total value of everything owned
income - correct answer ✔money received
property - correct answer ✔material posessions
wealth + income = - correct answer ✔property
power - correct answer ✔ability to carry out your own will even over others' resistance
power elite - correct answer ✔top people in U.S. corporations/military/politics
prestige - correct answer ✔respect or regard
How do you measure social class? - correct answer ✔education level, socioeconomic status, income,
wealth
, What is the One Drop Rule? - correct answer ✔one ancestor of African American means you are POC
Prejudice - correct answer ✔an attitude or prejudging, usually in a negative way
Discrimination - correct answer ✔an act of unfair treatment directed against an individual or group
(consequence of prejudice)
Racism - correct answer ✔prejudice and discrimination on the basis of race
Assimilation - correct answer ✔the process of being absorbed into the mainstream culture
Sociological Perspective on Prejudice & Discrimination: Functionalism - correct answer ✔social
environment can generate positive or negative feelings about people; creates in-group solidarity
Sociological Perspective on Prejudice & Discrimination: Conflict Theory - correct answer ✔divisions
among workers deflects hostility away from the power elite towards other groups: people learn to trust
each other & people compete instead of unite
Sociological Perspective on Prejudice & Discrimination: Symbolic Interactionalism - correct answer
✔labels affect the way we perceive: can lead to belittling other groups and can lead to negative
stereotypes justifying discrimination
Where does institutional discrimination occur? - correct answer ✔Housing, Education
Sex - correct answer ✔biological characteristic that distinguishes female and male, consisting of
primary and secondary characteristics
Gender - correct answer ✔the behaviors and attitudes that a society considers proper for its males and
females
Questions with complete solution
2025/2026
social class - correct answer ✔large group of people who rank close to one another in property, power,
and prestige
3 components of social class - correct answer ✔property, power and prestige
wealth - correct answer ✔total value of everything owned
income - correct answer ✔money received
property - correct answer ✔material posessions
wealth + income = - correct answer ✔property
power - correct answer ✔ability to carry out your own will even over others' resistance
power elite - correct answer ✔top people in U.S. corporations/military/politics
prestige - correct answer ✔respect or regard
How do you measure social class? - correct answer ✔education level, socioeconomic status, income,
wealth
, What is the One Drop Rule? - correct answer ✔one ancestor of African American means you are POC
Prejudice - correct answer ✔an attitude or prejudging, usually in a negative way
Discrimination - correct answer ✔an act of unfair treatment directed against an individual or group
(consequence of prejudice)
Racism - correct answer ✔prejudice and discrimination on the basis of race
Assimilation - correct answer ✔the process of being absorbed into the mainstream culture
Sociological Perspective on Prejudice & Discrimination: Functionalism - correct answer ✔social
environment can generate positive or negative feelings about people; creates in-group solidarity
Sociological Perspective on Prejudice & Discrimination: Conflict Theory - correct answer ✔divisions
among workers deflects hostility away from the power elite towards other groups: people learn to trust
each other & people compete instead of unite
Sociological Perspective on Prejudice & Discrimination: Symbolic Interactionalism - correct answer
✔labels affect the way we perceive: can lead to belittling other groups and can lead to negative
stereotypes justifying discrimination
Where does institutional discrimination occur? - correct answer ✔Housing, Education
Sex - correct answer ✔biological characteristic that distinguishes female and male, consisting of
primary and secondary characteristics
Gender - correct answer ✔the behaviors and attitudes that a society considers proper for its males and
females
