SOC 111 Exam 3 Questions and Answers Graded A+ Latest Update 2025
Describe the relationship between gender and social stratification. Is this pattern universal? - Answers
All types of societies distinguish between male and female and old any young. This patter is universal
among all societies.
Identify and explain the key components of Weber's social class system. - Answers Social class is defined
as people who share similar levels of wealth (property owned, other assets), power (class power, social
power, political power), and prestige (respect of a person by others).
Explain how The Matrix illustrates conflict theory? Be specific. Use specific concepts in your explanation.
- Answers People are born into these roles and statuses in this stratification system that they cant
change because they don't know any different.
What questions were raised by the video, The Matrix? Why does this video illustrate Marx's theory of
ideology? - Answers The Matrix serves as a device that prevents people from discovering their actual
cattle-like existence. Illustrates Marx's theory of ideology— of the relationships between the super
structure reflecting the infrastructure. Religion is the opium of the masses. Choice symbolizes freedom.
The Matrix illustrates the idea that "things are not what they seem." What sociologist is known for this
particular idea? - Answers Peter Burger
What did the red pill in The Matrix allow people to do? - Answers The red pill allows people in the Matrix
to see reality.
A character in the movie, The Matrix, tells Neo that mescaline creates a state where it is difficult to
distinguish reality from dreaming. What did Karl Marx say that referred to a similar idea? - Answers
Marx's idea that religion is the opium of the masses.
Explain Davis and Moore's theory of social class. - Answers Social roles require scarce talents or
prolonged training (surgeon, nuclear physicist, military strategist); STRESSFUL requires sacrifice, and
requires scarce talents; society must do something to motivate the most talented and capable;
Important roles must offer: power, wealth, prestige, or some combination of them.
What do Davis and Moore say about social roles that require scarce talents or prolonged training? -
Answers These roles are stressful require considerable sacrifice.
What do Davis and Moore say about social roles that are stressful or that require sacrifices? - Answers
These roles require scarce talents or prolonged training (surgeon, nuclear physicist, military strategist).
How does society motivate people to perform social roles that are stressful and that require scare
talents and sacrifice, according to Davis and Moore? - Answers Power, Wealth and Prestige
What do critics say about Davis and Moore's theory? - Answers Some people whose roles have no
apparent value to society are often highly rewarded (jet setters, inheritors of family fortunes)People
with roles that have limited value earn more than people whose roles are very important (film stars,
, athletes versus president of the U.S.)People have low rewards because of their ascribed social status
(outcasts in India)Point: stratification does not function to ensure that the most people train for and fill
the most important jobs.
To what emotion do dictatorships appeal to maintain power through controlling information? - Answers
Fear
What was the purpose of colonialism? - Answers Countries that industrialized first were able to conquer
weaker nation
According to the video, Slavery and the Making of America, who sued her owner for her freedom and
won - Answers Mumbet aka Elizabeth Freeman
According to the video, Slavery and the Making of America, who protected a young slave girl from the
wrath of a plantation owner by taking a blow to her own arm from a red-hot coal pan? - Answers
Mumbet
In what type of society was slavery the most common? - Answers Agriculture societies
What have been the primary causes of slavery? - Answers Debt, Crime, and War
Where is slavery least common? - Answers Among Nomads
Endogamy is the form of marriage practiced in a caste system. Define endogamy and explain the
consequence of this marital practice. - Answers Marrying within an ethnic group, social class, or religious
group. Prevents people from marrying out of their caste system.
How do elites control their positions of power through information? - Answers Elites control info, they
can manipulate the media by selectively releasing withholding selective info; Controlling ideas- divine
right of kings ; New technology, control masses.
What three categories do sociologists use to classify countries in terms of global stratification? - Answers
First world, Second world, Third world
Identify and describe the three main types of social stratification—slavery, caste systems, and social
class systems. - Answers Slavery - causes and conditions have varied around the world
Caste - India's main system of formal stratification until 1948; boundaries are rigid
Class - the system of stratification in the United Sates; boundaries are less rigid
What would a functionalist say about social inequality and the survival of society? - Answers
Is the existence of social stratification universal or is it absent in some nations? - Answers Universal
Describe the relationship between gender and social stratification. Is this pattern universal? - Answers
All types of societies distinguish between male and female and old any young. This patter is universal
among all societies.
Identify and explain the key components of Weber's social class system. - Answers Social class is defined
as people who share similar levels of wealth (property owned, other assets), power (class power, social
power, political power), and prestige (respect of a person by others).
Explain how The Matrix illustrates conflict theory? Be specific. Use specific concepts in your explanation.
- Answers People are born into these roles and statuses in this stratification system that they cant
change because they don't know any different.
What questions were raised by the video, The Matrix? Why does this video illustrate Marx's theory of
ideology? - Answers The Matrix serves as a device that prevents people from discovering their actual
cattle-like existence. Illustrates Marx's theory of ideology— of the relationships between the super
structure reflecting the infrastructure. Religion is the opium of the masses. Choice symbolizes freedom.
The Matrix illustrates the idea that "things are not what they seem." What sociologist is known for this
particular idea? - Answers Peter Burger
What did the red pill in The Matrix allow people to do? - Answers The red pill allows people in the Matrix
to see reality.
A character in the movie, The Matrix, tells Neo that mescaline creates a state where it is difficult to
distinguish reality from dreaming. What did Karl Marx say that referred to a similar idea? - Answers
Marx's idea that religion is the opium of the masses.
Explain Davis and Moore's theory of social class. - Answers Social roles require scarce talents or
prolonged training (surgeon, nuclear physicist, military strategist); STRESSFUL requires sacrifice, and
requires scarce talents; society must do something to motivate the most talented and capable;
Important roles must offer: power, wealth, prestige, or some combination of them.
What do Davis and Moore say about social roles that require scarce talents or prolonged training? -
Answers These roles are stressful require considerable sacrifice.
What do Davis and Moore say about social roles that are stressful or that require sacrifices? - Answers
These roles require scarce talents or prolonged training (surgeon, nuclear physicist, military strategist).
How does society motivate people to perform social roles that are stressful and that require scare
talents and sacrifice, according to Davis and Moore? - Answers Power, Wealth and Prestige
What do critics say about Davis and Moore's theory? - Answers Some people whose roles have no
apparent value to society are often highly rewarded (jet setters, inheritors of family fortunes)People
with roles that have limited value earn more than people whose roles are very important (film stars,
, athletes versus president of the U.S.)People have low rewards because of their ascribed social status
(outcasts in India)Point: stratification does not function to ensure that the most people train for and fill
the most important jobs.
To what emotion do dictatorships appeal to maintain power through controlling information? - Answers
Fear
What was the purpose of colonialism? - Answers Countries that industrialized first were able to conquer
weaker nation
According to the video, Slavery and the Making of America, who sued her owner for her freedom and
won - Answers Mumbet aka Elizabeth Freeman
According to the video, Slavery and the Making of America, who protected a young slave girl from the
wrath of a plantation owner by taking a blow to her own arm from a red-hot coal pan? - Answers
Mumbet
In what type of society was slavery the most common? - Answers Agriculture societies
What have been the primary causes of slavery? - Answers Debt, Crime, and War
Where is slavery least common? - Answers Among Nomads
Endogamy is the form of marriage practiced in a caste system. Define endogamy and explain the
consequence of this marital practice. - Answers Marrying within an ethnic group, social class, or religious
group. Prevents people from marrying out of their caste system.
How do elites control their positions of power through information? - Answers Elites control info, they
can manipulate the media by selectively releasing withholding selective info; Controlling ideas- divine
right of kings ; New technology, control masses.
What three categories do sociologists use to classify countries in terms of global stratification? - Answers
First world, Second world, Third world
Identify and describe the three main types of social stratification—slavery, caste systems, and social
class systems. - Answers Slavery - causes and conditions have varied around the world
Caste - India's main system of formal stratification until 1948; boundaries are rigid
Class - the system of stratification in the United Sates; boundaries are less rigid
What would a functionalist say about social inequality and the survival of society? - Answers
Is the existence of social stratification universal or is it absent in some nations? - Answers Universal
