According to conflict theorists stratification exists because
a. It meets the needs of society as a whole
b. Some people fill more important jobs than other people
c. It serves the interests of the dominant group
d. It promotes the self-interests of the poor
ANS: c
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Because social problems result from the ways in which society operates,
a. these problems cannot ever be solved. b. people must solve their issues on their own. c. solving social problems requires change to society itself. d. all social problems can easily be solved.
Recently, the Social Security system has been modified in order to increase the retirement age after the turn of the century. The main reason for this action was to ___________
a. end economic discrimination against the elderly b. provide workers in what is expected to be an era of labor shortage c. reduce financial pressure on the Social Security system d. recognize the new retirement age that social scientists advocate for an older, healthier, population e. ensure that the retirement age is indexed to life expectancy
The sick role is part of what sociological theory?
a. critical race theory b. functionalist theory c. conflict theory d. none of the above
A woman and her husband, her children, her parents, her mother-in-law, her sister, a parakeet, two Irish setters, a cow, and five chickens live together on a farm in the Midwest. This is an example of a(n) ________.
A. extended family B. city C. community D. nuclear family