When sociologists study the structure of layers in society and people’s movement between them they call this____________?

A. Social stratification
B. Social control
C. Social conflict
D. Social solidarity

The capitalist class of the mid-twentieth century were said to join the upper class because them___________?

A. Participated in the same leisure pursuits and events of the social calendar
B. Emulated the lifestyle and cultural values of the traditional aristocracy
C. Owned companies and financial assets that generated wealth through corporations
D. Had direct personal ownerships of land and businesses as physical assets

Weber defined a class situation as____________?

A. The exploitation of the working class by their capitalist employers
B. A social groups consciousness of their status and life chances
C. A person’s position in the capital product and labor markets based on their economic resources
D. The lifestyle of a social class as defined by patterns of consumption

Mass-society theory suggests that_______________?

A. The content of the media is determined by market forces
B. The subordinate classes are dominated by the ideology of the ruling class
C. The media manipulate the masses as vulnerable passive consumers
D. Audiences make selective interpretations of media messages

socialization in children takes place___________?

A. In the same class
B. Among the children of different classes
C. Between lower and middle classes
D. Both a and c

The determinants of social class are______________?

A. Birth
B. Money
C. Education and occupation
D. All of above

Principles such as efficiency calculability and predictability are all part of what Ritzer called____________?

A. Mcdonaldization
B. Post-modernization
C. The service industry
D. The culture of commerce

Resistance to certain aspects of development and social change in an effort to neutralize their efforts is called________________?

A. Countermovement
B. Social amelioration
C. Counter modernization
D. Countenance

The word stratification derives from the geological concept “Strata “meaning ?

A. Class
B. Groups
C. Rock layers
D. None of these

A stratum of people of similar positions in the social status continuum are termed as_____________?

A. Social class
B. Clan or tribe
C. Community
D. None of these