Highlight at least three ways that social class can affect an individual's life chances and lifestyle at the micro level, three ways at the meso level, and three ways at the macro level of interaction. In your opinion, at which of these levels is the impact of social class the most damaging to an individual? Explain.
What will be an ideal response?
Varies
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_________ poverty is a state of living wherein people can afford necessities but are unable to meet their society’s average standard of living.
a. Relative b. Subjective c. Absolute d. Equal
What percentage of respondents with a graduate degree owned their home or were in the process of buying it?
A team of researchers is interested to know whether educational attainment affects the likelihood of owning or renting a home. They create a cross-tab with DWELOWN (Do you/Does your family) own your (home/apartment), pay rent, or what?”) and DEGREE (respondents’ highest educational degree), using a filter of “YEAR (2010-2014).” Figure 8.1 shows the resulting analysis.
Figure 8.1
a. 44%
b. 62.7%
c. 74.6%
d. 83%
Explain Pitirim Sorokin’s rise-and-fall theory of social change. Include a discussion of the three different kinds of “mentalities” he identifies. Evaluate the strength of this theory.
What will be an ideal response?
Rose is conducting research on what people perceive as "stalking" as a criminal behavior. Since people interpret the behaviors that make up stalking differently, which paradigm is she likely following?
a. conflict paradigm b. feminist paradigms c. structural functionalism d. symbolic interactionism e. social Darwinism