Ch.8 Stratification Quiz Lessons 1&2

What term describes the creation of layers of people who possess unequal shares of scarce resources?

• Society
• Social Stratification
• Inequality
• Social Institutions

Which term refers to the people who own the means of production?

• Bourgeoise
• Proletariate
• Aristocracy
• Top 1%

The ___________ work for wages.

• Bourgeoise
• Proletariate
• Middle Class
• Working Poor

If the total WEALTH of the US was a cookie, how much cookie would the poorest 90% of Americans have?

• 90%
• 26%
• 56%
• 8%

Which term describes the working class’s acceptance of the ruling class’s ideals and values?

• Ruling Consciousness
• Social Consciousness
• Class Consciousness
• False Consciousness

Which term means to identify with the goals and interests of the members of a particular social class?

• Ruling Consciousness
• Social Consciousness
• Class Consciousness
• False Consciousness

Please give an example of someone who possesses wealth and prestige but does not have a lot of power.

Please give an example of someone who possesses wealth and power but does not have prestige.

Which perspective does this statement best reflect:

Inequality exists because powerful people are willing to exploit less powerful people

• Functionalism

• Conflict Theory

• Symbolic Interactionism

Which perspective does this statement best reflect:

Stratification has an impact on a person’s self-concept

• Functionalism

• Conflict Theory

• Symbolic Interactionism