A condition in which members of a society enjoy different amounts of wealth, prestige, or power is termed ________.
A. social inequality
B. socialization
C. social structure
D. status
Answer: A
You might also like to view...
Why are corporations rarely agents of change in values or social arrangements?
a. They actively encourage ordinary people to make these changes instead. b. They are too focused on social justice. c. They prefer frequent changes in property relations, but not social arrangements. d. They resist change and try to prevent the unexpected.
Tristan has taken control over his girlfriend and is frequently brutal in his aggression. She needs to be taken to the hospital. According to Johnson (2008), what form of domestic violence does this most closely exemplify?
A. interdependent terrorism B. situational couple violence C. intimate terrorism D. violence resistant
Structural functionalism is criticized for _____.
a. paying too much attention on social change b. focusing too much on actual society instead of how people see their society in an idealized way c. overemphasizing conflict d. being unable to deal with history
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. According to Karl Mannheim, there is little conflict between the units within a single generation. 2. Karl Mannheim was less focused on politics and change than Karl Marx. 3. Karl Mannheim primarily studied the social sources of distorted thinking in order to unmask them in the general population. 4. Karl Mannheim thought the political system could stop distorted thoughts from spiraling out of control. 5. Karl Mannheim’s work is more focused on politics and science than sociology.