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| Classification of individuals into various socially recognizable groups is one of the definitions of? |
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| Who were the proletariat in Europe during Estate System? |
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| In one of my visits to India, I saw a vender who was selling milk in the streets of Delhi. What was so unique about him? |
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| This guy won't touch the glass of milk touched by his customers |
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| According to the Hindu caste system, if you are an untouchable what can change your class in society? |
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| None of the above (death and rebirth into a higher caste system is the only way) |
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| Which one of the following is one of the characteristics of societies based on mechanical solidarity? |
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| Simple division of labor, homogeneous, collective conscience (All of the above) |
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| Which one of the following is one of the reasons given by Davis and Moore to justify social inequality? |
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| Stratification if a functional necessity, No society is classless, It motviates individuals to work hard and succeed (All of the above) |
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| According to Durkheim, which societies tend to have relatively less social inequality? |
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| Societies based on mechanical solidarity |
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| According to Durkheim, how does complex division of labor influence social inequality? |
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| It leads to more social inequality |
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| According to Durkheim, how does complex division of labor influence social inequality? |
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| It leads to more social inequality |
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| Based on our discussion on Max Weber, MSU is based on? |
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| Vertical bureaucratic model |
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| According to Gaetano, Pareto, and C.W. Mills which one of the following societies was ruled by elites? |
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| Ancient societies, Agragarian societies, Industrial societies (All of the above) |
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| We had a discussion in out class on an experiment on yahoo teentalk. Which one of the followin best describes the main point presented in our class on this experiment? |
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| Both informal and formal organizations have rules of inclusion and exclusion |
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| Social structure in Iraq is in a chaos. How would structural functional perspective characterize it? |
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| It is an examplt of a temporary imbalance in the country |
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| There are more than 45 million poor people in USA who live in poverty. How would structural functional perspective characterize these people? |
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| These are dysfunctional people but still perform a function |
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| In our discussion on Herbert Spencer, rise and fall of civilizations was used to illustrate what? |
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| Society as a living organism |
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| According to Durkheim, which one of the following refers to Anomie? |
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| Breakdown of social norms in a society |
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| All of the members of a religious cult commit suicide. According to Durkheim this is an example of? |
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| Too much integration in the group |
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| According to Herbert Spencer and many other structural functionalists, the individuals who are competent, hardworking, and the best are the ones who succeed. This illustration was influenced by what? |
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| Darwin's concept of survival of the fittest |
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| According to conflict perspective, why were there almost no conflicts in hunting and gathering societies? |
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| There was an abundance of resources and very limited population |
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| According to Karl Marx, who was a proletariat during feudalism? |
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| In societies where communities and tribes owned farmland were in a stage of? |
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| According to Karl Marx, which one of the following is one of the forces of production? |
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| Labor, the raw material, money machines and infrastructure (All of the above) |
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| In a capitalist society workers can be hired and fired. Which one of the following concepts best describes this situation? |
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| Which one of the following may be used as an example of class conflict? |
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| Conflict at a college campus, riots in a city, conflict between anti and pro war groups, conflict between landowners and feudal lords in Mexico (??) |
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| Based on our discussion on Karl Marx, which one of the following statements on growth of capital is correct? |
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| Higher exploitation of labor leads to rapid growth of capital |
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| According to conflict perspective which one of the following institutions is the most important one? |
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| Which one of the following is one of the criticisms of conflict perspective? |
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| Conflict is not always bipolarized, conflict foes not always lead to change, power is not always associated with property (all of the above) |
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| Church wedding includes an order of activities that are influenced by? |
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| Human agents, Socio-cultural agents (Both A and B) |
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| "All the beliefs and all the modes of conduct instituted by the collectivity" is a definition of? |
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| In which system are the means of production owned by the individuals? |
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| Fines as large as $100,000 for speeding are common in which nations? |
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| Welfare states such as Finland |
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| As a result of globalization, jobs are moving out of the USA. In the video on India, what types of jobs are moving to that country? |
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| According to conflict perspective, in a capitalist society, what is the primary source of growth in capital? |
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| What is one of the roles of World Bank? |
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| It gives out loans to nations for developmental projects |
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| which one of the following nations is a member of group of eight? |
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| Most of the nations with very high life expectancy can be found in? |
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| Which continent tends to have a large number of countries with negative rate of natural increase? |
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| Which nations tend to have very high infant mortality rates? |
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| Which of the following four nations has the lowest rate of natural increase? |
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| Which one of the following four nations has the highest infant mortality rates? |
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| The author suggests that description, explanation, and prescription are three levels of analysis of inequality. The literature that suggests that laws on affirmative action and equal opportunities tend to decrease gender inequality. What level of knowledg |
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| According to the author, there is always stability in systems of inequality. Which one of the following is one of teh reasons of this stability? |
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| Culture, Individual and organizational power, Ideology and legitimation (all of the above) |
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| Theoretical framework that revisits Marxian theories and updates it for modern complex capitalism |
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| According to our discussion on this chapter, change in mode of production leads to? |
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| The change in the relationship between the producer and the product |
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| Generally speaking, a typical American considers himself/herself as part of? |
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| According to our discussion on this chapter, the gap between rich and poor in US after work war II was? |
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| According to the author, current US economy is predominantly? |
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| In our discussion on this chapter, we compared old and new rich of America. Which statement on this comparison is correct? |
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| Americans tend to rank new rich as lower than old rich |
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| According to teh author, the rich of America in post-industrial society belong to? |
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| Knowledge and information technology sector |
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| In our lectures, we talked about caste system of India. According to the author, in which nation outside India, can a different form of the caste system be found? |
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