Systems of stratification based primarily on an ascribed status typically
A. strive to lower inequality.
B. encourage social mobility.
C. have little or no inequality.
D. allow virtually no social mobility.
Answer: D
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A) slums B) ghettos C) squatter fields D) spontaneous settlements
How is doing a replication study useful?
A. A replication study can demonstrate the reliability of the original findings and indicate what changes have occurred since the original study was conducted. B. A replication study is useful only if the first study was conducted incorrectly or if there are other reasons to be suspicious of the results. C. Unless there is a well-founded suspicion of deliberate fraud, there is no reason to replicate a study. D. A replication is usually less expensive because most of the work has previously been done.
Which of the following are the two key sources of evidence that are commonly used to support the social constructionist perspective?
a. historical and cross-cultural comparisons b. nurture and nature arguments c. biological and evolutionary arguments d. racial and gender intersections
Sociologists focus on the physical sciences in order to determine how societies work.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)