The most crucial agent of socialization in teaching gender roles in the United States is:
peers
teachers
media personalities
parents
A plumber whose father was a physician is an example of:
downward intergenerational mobility
upward intergenerational mobility
downward intragenerational mobility
upward intragenerational mobility
The caste system is generally associated with:
Hinduism
Islam
Judaism
Buddhism
__________ refers to the reputation that a specific person has earned within an occupation.
prestige
esteem
status
power
Which of the following are viewed by sociologists as analytically distinct components of stratification?
conformity, deviance, and social control
class, status, and power
class, caste, and age
class, prestige, and esteem
In sociologist Daniel Rossides's model of the class system of the United States, the class with the smallest proportion of the population is the:
upper class
upper middle class
lower middle class
lower class
The intellectual tradition at the heart of conflict theory begins principally with the work of:
Max Weber
Erving Goffman
Karl Marx
In Karl Marx's view, the destruction of the capitalist system will occur only if the working class first develops:
bourgeois consciousness
false consciousness
class consciousness
caste consciousness
The sinking of the SS Titanic is an example of how social class can affect life chances because:
only 705 poor passengers survived
poor passengers were slow to respond to emergency sirens
emergency procedures favored first and second-class passengers
all of the above
Which of the following is not a component of the male gender role as outlined by Robert Brannon and James Doyle?
success element-prove one's masculinity at work and sports
aggressive element-use force in dealing with others
subordination element-place one's needs after those of spouse and children
self-reliant element-keep cool and unflappable