SOC 200 Exam 2 Questions With Correct Answers
the |key |to |upward |social |mobility |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-earn |a |college |degree, |get |a |job |
promotion |or |marry |someone |with |a |good |income
how |positions |in |social |stratification |are |determined |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-wealth, |power, |
and |prestige
Davis-Moore |thesis |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-a |thesis |that |argues |some |social |stratification |is |a |
social |necessity
conspicuous |consumption |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-the |act |of |buying |and |using |products |to |
make |a |statement |about |social |standing
structural |unemployment |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-a |societal |level |of |disjuncture |between |
people |seeking |jobs |and |the |jobs |that |are |available
polarization |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-a |practice |where |the |differences |between |low-end |and |
high-end |jobs |become |greater |and |the |number |of |people |in |the |middle |levels |decreases
globalization |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-brings |an |international |division |of |labor, |in |which |
comparatively |wealthy |workers |from |core |nations |compete |with |the |low-wage |labor |pool |of |
peripheral |and |semi-peripheral |nations
outsourcing |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-a |practice |where |jobs |are |contracted |to |an |outside |
source, |often |in |another |country
Automation: |workers |being |replaced |by |technology
, underemployment |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-a |state |in |which |a |person |accepts |a |lower |paying, |
lower |status |job |than |their |education |and |experience |qualifies |them |to |perform
industries |that |won't |experience |growth |in |the |future |in |the |U.S. |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-
farming, |fishing, |and |forestry; |production
mercantilism |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-an |economic |policy |based |on |national |policies |of |
accumulating |silver |and |gold |by |controlling |markets |with |colonies |and |other |countries |through
|taxes |and |customs |changes
why |is |family |important |to |developing |mores |and |norms |in |a |culture? |- |CORRECT |
ANSWER✔✔-family |is |the |primary |agent |of |socialization |and |enculturation, |and |teach |young |
children |the |ways |of |thinking |and |behaving |that |follow |social |and |cultural |norms, |values, |
beliefs, |and |attitudes
patrilocal |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-a |system |in |which |it |is |customary |for |the |wife |to |live |with |
(or |near) |her |husband's |family
matrilocal |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-a |system |in |which |it |is |customary |for |a |husband |to |live |
with |his |wife's |family
who |do |kids |live |with |according |to |the |U.S. |census? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-66% |of |children |
under |17 |live |in |a |household |with |two |married |parents; |3% |of |children |live |with |two |
cohabitating |parents; |27% |of |children |lived |with |a |single |parent |only
cohabitation |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-the |act |of |a |couple |sharing |a |residence |while |they |are |
not |married
why |are |men |and |women |delaying |marriage? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-cohabitation |becoming |
more |acceptable; |people |placing |education |and |career |ahead |of |settling |down
the |key |to |upward |social |mobility |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-earn |a |college |degree, |get |a |job |
promotion |or |marry |someone |with |a |good |income
how |positions |in |social |stratification |are |determined |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-wealth, |power, |
and |prestige
Davis-Moore |thesis |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-a |thesis |that |argues |some |social |stratification |is |a |
social |necessity
conspicuous |consumption |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-the |act |of |buying |and |using |products |to |
make |a |statement |about |social |standing
structural |unemployment |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-a |societal |level |of |disjuncture |between |
people |seeking |jobs |and |the |jobs |that |are |available
polarization |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-a |practice |where |the |differences |between |low-end |and |
high-end |jobs |become |greater |and |the |number |of |people |in |the |middle |levels |decreases
globalization |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-brings |an |international |division |of |labor, |in |which |
comparatively |wealthy |workers |from |core |nations |compete |with |the |low-wage |labor |pool |of |
peripheral |and |semi-peripheral |nations
outsourcing |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-a |practice |where |jobs |are |contracted |to |an |outside |
source, |often |in |another |country
Automation: |workers |being |replaced |by |technology
, underemployment |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-a |state |in |which |a |person |accepts |a |lower |paying, |
lower |status |job |than |their |education |and |experience |qualifies |them |to |perform
industries |that |won't |experience |growth |in |the |future |in |the |U.S. |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-
farming, |fishing, |and |forestry; |production
mercantilism |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-an |economic |policy |based |on |national |policies |of |
accumulating |silver |and |gold |by |controlling |markets |with |colonies |and |other |countries |through
|taxes |and |customs |changes
why |is |family |important |to |developing |mores |and |norms |in |a |culture? |- |CORRECT |
ANSWER✔✔-family |is |the |primary |agent |of |socialization |and |enculturation, |and |teach |young |
children |the |ways |of |thinking |and |behaving |that |follow |social |and |cultural |norms, |values, |
beliefs, |and |attitudes
patrilocal |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-a |system |in |which |it |is |customary |for |the |wife |to |live |with |
(or |near) |her |husband's |family
matrilocal |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-a |system |in |which |it |is |customary |for |a |husband |to |live |
with |his |wife's |family
who |do |kids |live |with |according |to |the |U.S. |census? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-66% |of |children |
under |17 |live |in |a |household |with |two |married |parents; |3% |of |children |live |with |two |
cohabitating |parents; |27% |of |children |lived |with |a |single |parent |only
cohabitation |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-the |act |of |a |couple |sharing |a |residence |while |they |are |
not |married
why |are |men |and |women |delaying |marriage? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-cohabitation |becoming |
more |acceptable; |people |placing |education |and |career |ahead |of |settling |down
