WVU SOCA 101 Exam 3 Ques tions With Complete Solutions( Success Guaranteed)A+ GRADED In 2013, women with full time jobs in American earned about what percent of men with full time jobs? - correct answer... ✔✔78% The "feminization of poverty" means that - correct answer... ✔✔those living in poverty are increasingly more likely to be women than men In the past 25 -30 years, federal tax policies have become less... - correct answer... ✔✔
progressive According to the Fe deral Reserve Bulletin report, the bottom 90% of American families in 2016 are ________ than the bottom 90% of American families in 1989. - correct answer... ✔✔poorer "Affirmative action for the rich" was a term used to describe... - correct answer... ✔✔the use of legacy policies by universities The federal poverty level was set by looking at the minimum... - correct answer... ✔✔
food budget Within the sociology of social stratification, the dominant theoretical approaches are... - correct answer... ✔✔structu ral/functional theory and conflict/critical theory Which of these theories claim that societies need a system of stratification in order to exist and function properly? - correct answer... ✔✔structural/functional theory Which of these theories focuses on the control that those in the upper levels of stratification system exercise over one culture? - correct answer... ✔✔critical theory True or false: Symbolic interactionists see social stratification as less fluid than do conflict theorists. - correct answe r...✔✔false True or false: Critical theorists reject the idea that higher level positions in the social structure would go unfilled were it not for the greater rewards they offer - correct answer... ✔✔true What is the difference between the average income for the top 1% of earners and the bottom 99% of earners in West Virginia? - correct answer... ✔✔$500,061 Between 1989 and 2016, the income share of the top 1% of American families has overall been... - correct answer... ✔✔increasing True or false: In Amer ican society, people only experience upward mobility. - correct answer... ✔✔false True or false: Despite the American economy in decline in the early part of the 21st century, it's likely that Americans see a rise in upward mobility. - correct answer... ✔✔
false True or false: Young people today are going to have a hard time maintaining the positions in the stratification system held by their parents. - correct answer... ✔✔true ___________ refers to women who earn more money than their husbands. The number of these women overall has been _________. - correct answer... ✔✔alpha wives and mom s, increasing True or false: Upward career mobility among Black Americans has lagged behind that of whites. - correct answer... ✔✔true The desire that other people see what they were able to consume, especially those things that served to differentiate th em from those in the lower classes is called... - correct answer... ✔✔conspicuous consumption True or false: Stratification on the global level is often seen as a divide between those nation states located in the Western Hemisphere and those located in the Eastern Hemisphere. - correct answer... ✔✔False Over the last 3 decades, he wealth of the top 0.1 percent of households has increased from 7 to ____ percent of the total. - correct answer... ✔✔22 According to Gilbert (2018), ____ % of American is middle a nd middle upper class. - correct answer... ✔✔44 The text states that wealth rather than income is where the biggest disparities exist in U.S. society. However, wealth and income are linked in which of these ways. - correct answer... ✔✔wealth produces source s of income The most unequal metropolitan area in the U.S. is Jackson in Wyoming and Idaho, where the top 1 percent of households earn 135 times more income than the bottom 99 percent. - correct answer... ✔✔Jackson, Wyoming The income gap between the top 1% of earners in the United States and the bottom 20% of the population has _____ since 1979. - correct answer... ✔✔increased
progressive According to the Fe deral Reserve Bulletin report, the bottom 90% of American families in 2016 are ________ than the bottom 90% of American families in 1989. - correct answer... ✔✔poorer "Affirmative action for the rich" was a term used to describe... - correct answer... ✔✔the use of legacy policies by universities The federal poverty level was set by looking at the minimum... - correct answer... ✔✔
food budget Within the sociology of social stratification, the dominant theoretical approaches are... - correct answer... ✔✔structu ral/functional theory and conflict/critical theory Which of these theories claim that societies need a system of stratification in order to exist and function properly? - correct answer... ✔✔structural/functional theory Which of these theories focuses on the control that those in the upper levels of stratification system exercise over one culture? - correct answer... ✔✔critical theory True or false: Symbolic interactionists see social stratification as less fluid than do conflict theorists. - correct answe r...✔✔false True or false: Critical theorists reject the idea that higher level positions in the social structure would go unfilled were it not for the greater rewards they offer - correct answer... ✔✔true What is the difference between the average income for the top 1% of earners and the bottom 99% of earners in West Virginia? - correct answer... ✔✔$500,061 Between 1989 and 2016, the income share of the top 1% of American families has overall been... - correct answer... ✔✔increasing True or false: In Amer ican society, people only experience upward mobility. - correct answer... ✔✔false True or false: Despite the American economy in decline in the early part of the 21st century, it's likely that Americans see a rise in upward mobility. - correct answer... ✔✔
false True or false: Young people today are going to have a hard time maintaining the positions in the stratification system held by their parents. - correct answer... ✔✔true ___________ refers to women who earn more money than their husbands. The number of these women overall has been _________. - correct answer... ✔✔alpha wives and mom s, increasing True or false: Upward career mobility among Black Americans has lagged behind that of whites. - correct answer... ✔✔true The desire that other people see what they were able to consume, especially those things that served to differentiate th em from those in the lower classes is called... - correct answer... ✔✔conspicuous consumption True or false: Stratification on the global level is often seen as a divide between those nation states located in the Western Hemisphere and those located in the Eastern Hemisphere. - correct answer... ✔✔False Over the last 3 decades, he wealth of the top 0.1 percent of households has increased from 7 to ____ percent of the total. - correct answer... ✔✔22 According to Gilbert (2018), ____ % of American is middle a nd middle upper class. - correct answer... ✔✔44 The text states that wealth rather than income is where the biggest disparities exist in U.S. society. However, wealth and income are linked in which of these ways. - correct answer... ✔✔wealth produces source s of income The most unequal metropolitan area in the U.S. is Jackson in Wyoming and Idaho, where the top 1 percent of households earn 135 times more income than the bottom 99 percent. - correct answer... ✔✔Jackson, Wyoming The income gap between the top 1% of earners in the United States and the bottom 20% of the population has _____ since 1979. - correct answer... ✔✔increased
