Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)
1. Social classes are based most obviously on income and wealth, but also on other resources such as educational level and your occupational prestige.
2. Members of the upper middle class tend to be highly educated professionals, including physicians, dentists, lawyers, college professors, and business executives. Household income may be in the range of $120,000 to $250,000, possibly more if both people in a couple are employed.
3. Most Americans are in the middle class.
4. Our social class affects the coping mechanisms we develop to deal with stress.
5. There is little social mobility in the United States.
1. T
2. T
3. F
4. T
5. T
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a. derived from religious beliefs b. derived from ethnic traditions c. derived from unresolved issues in past generations d. derived from an historical era
_____ believe that gender stratification benefits men and capitalism, but emphasize that women's subordination also includes their daily vulnerability to male violence.
A. Conflict theorists B. Symbolic interactionists C. Feminists D. Postmodernists E. Functionalists
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a. gender neutral peer culture expectations support party scene. b. gendered and sexualized peer culture expectations support party scene. c. parental attitudes toward alcohol and sex. d. peer culture attitudes about religion.