objective method of assessing social class assigns individuals to classes on the basis of
A. criteria such as occupation, education, income, and place of residence.
B. self-assessment.
C. assessments by friends and colleagues.
D. the neighborhoods in which they reside.
A. criteria such as occupation, education, income, and place of residence.
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a. technological advances b. social constructions c. universally accepted d. natural phenomena
Sanderson and Alderson argue that modern capitalism, and even to some extent Third World capitalism
a. meet Rawls's principles fairly well b. totally fail to meet Rawls's principles c. have no bearing on Rawls's principles because those principles were intended to apply only to socialist societies
After a recession ends, poverty is likely to ______.
A. stay the same as before the recession B. decrease dramatically C. decrease slightly D. increase
Deviance may involve underconformity or overconformity to norms. The author explains that deviance involving underconformity consists of ideas, traits, or actions that
A. are subnormal. B. can, in extreme cases, lead to fascism. C. are inherently evil. D. violate only those norms that are directly based on religious beliefs.