Children of economically disadvantaged households fare just as well in school as children from affluent home environments.

Max Weber analyzed the connections between

A) the economic, social, and political dimensions of stratification.
B) class, race, and gender as the basis for social stratification.
C) cooperation, competition, and conflict as social processes affecting social mobility.
D) ability, ambition, and sponsorship as factors affecting social mobility.

Which of the following research techniques focuses on gaining an insider's perspective of the everyday lives of participants under investigation, which often dispels stereotypes about the group being investigated?

A) participant observation
B) surveys
C) analysis of existing data
D) experiments

Robinson Crusoe,Swept Away,and Titanic all illustrate how social inequality can have powerful consequences for the way we live.They do this by:

A) illustrating patterns of social relations that underlie and shape inequality
B) illustrating how Hollywood minimizes social inequality
C) criticizing inequality in everyday life
D) all of these choices
E) none of these choices

Franklin is studying the social structure of medieval European cities and wondering about the differences between them and cities today. What difference is he likely to find between the medieval cities and contemporary cities?

A) Medieval cities were more densely populated.
B) Medieval cities had more social equality.
C) Medieval cities were usually smaller.
D) Medieval cities were more socially complex.

French Catholic counterrevolutionary philosophy challenged the Enlightenment by arguing tradition, imagination, emotionalism, and religion are useful and even needed for social life.

Once people attain high-class standing they use their power to maintain their position and promote the interests of their families regardless of how talented their children are.For example,inheritance allows parents to transfer wealth to children regardless of their talent.This:

A) poses a problem for the Marxist theory of stratification
B) poses a problem for the Weberian theory of stratification
C) poses a problem for the functional theory of stratification
D) all of these choices
E) none of these choices

What is acid rain?

What do sociologists call a ceremony or process that requires a new member of a group to abandon his or her old self-perceptions and assume a new identity?

A) a transformative reawakening
B) a solidarity rite
C) primary socialization
D) an initiation rite

Interdating means going out with someone

A) who is a member of another racial or ethnic group.
B) of the same sex.
C) who is much older or much younger.
D) who is just a friend.