SOCIOLOGY 102 FINAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
(GRADED A+)
Which of the following characteristic of a social stratification is not true? - Answer-
Social stratification is found only in industrialized society.
Max Weber emphasized the significance of wealth, power, and prestige as criteria for
slotting individuals into the "grid" of stratification. - Answer- True
Social Stratification is a social system of inequality that takes into account the
differences among individual members of the society and ranks individuals, thus
creating - Answer- a social hierarchy
Which theoretical perspective indicates that inequality is a natural consequence of the
organizing process of stratification and that inequality encourages people to be
industrious? - Answer- Structural Functionalism
The "other" is a group status of privilege that individuals and groups in power place
upon a different group and its members who pose a threat to the minority group or for
those who fit into society. - Answer- False
In studying global social change, Dependency theory completely rejects Modernization
theory with regards to why there are poverty and national inequalities. - Answer- True
Social changes are micro-aggressions and interventions visited upon a civilization by a
culture. - Answer- False
Two factors that produces population increase are: - Answer- migration and fertility rate
Sociology is the of human and association and how it over time. - Answer- scientific
study, social behavior, changes
Modernization theory states that all civilization must use non-antiquated social systems.
- Answer- False
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
(GRADED A+)
Which of the following characteristic of a social stratification is not true? - Answer-
Social stratification is found only in industrialized society.
Max Weber emphasized the significance of wealth, power, and prestige as criteria for
slotting individuals into the "grid" of stratification. - Answer- True
Social Stratification is a social system of inequality that takes into account the
differences among individual members of the society and ranks individuals, thus
creating - Answer- a social hierarchy
Which theoretical perspective indicates that inequality is a natural consequence of the
organizing process of stratification and that inequality encourages people to be
industrious? - Answer- Structural Functionalism
The "other" is a group status of privilege that individuals and groups in power place
upon a different group and its members who pose a threat to the minority group or for
those who fit into society. - Answer- False
In studying global social change, Dependency theory completely rejects Modernization
theory with regards to why there are poverty and national inequalities. - Answer- True
Social changes are micro-aggressions and interventions visited upon a civilization by a
culture. - Answer- False
Two factors that produces population increase are: - Answer- migration and fertility rate
Sociology is the of human and association and how it over time. - Answer- scientific
study, social behavior, changes
Modernization theory states that all civilization must use non-antiquated social systems.
- Answer- False
