Sociology Chapter 9

Front 1

The Western nation with the largest gap between the rich and the poor is ________.

Back 1

the United States.

Front 2

Statistics show that since 1970 the gap between the rich and the poor in terms of the division of a nation's income ________.

Back 2

has increased.

Front 3

Which of the following was not a part of the culture of Middletown as described by Helen and Robert Lynd?

Back 3

Shared wealth and power

Front 4

In the Middletown of today, when compared to the first studies of it ________.

Back 4

class structure is much less cohesive and clear-cut.

Front 5

Which of the following statements about the upper class in the United States is correct?

Back 5

Over the past several years the wealth of the upper class have enjoyed dramatic increases.

Front 6

The idea that competing centers of wealth and power within the upper class prevent it from becoming a cohesive ruling class is known as the ________.

Back 6

pluralist theory.

Front 7

People whose income is derived from small businesses may be classified as members of the ________.

Back 7

petit bourgeoisie.

Front 8

Measuring a person's social class standing is best done by ________.

Back 8

assessing their wealth.

Front 9

People suffering from economic insecurity have a tendency to join ________.

Back 9

conservative social movements

Front 10

The so-called Savings and Loan Bailout by the Reagan administration in the 1980s had the effect of quickly stabilizing the economy and ultimately cost the taxpayers almost nothing.

Back 10

False

Front 11

Increased economic stress for middle and low income workers in the U. S. has led to sharp increases in union membership over the past few decades.

Back 11

False

Front 12

Most U. S. studies believe the percentage of the population that can be called "upper class" is approximately ________.

Back 12

4%

Front 13

Support for Joseph McCarthy's "Big Red Witch Hunt" for Communists in the 1950s was strongest among ________.

Back 13

Small business owners

Front 14

Subjective social class is measured by asking people what they feel is their own social class standing.

Back 14

True

Front 15

If we adjust for inflation, a middle-class male head-of-household wage earner around the end of World War II made more income compared to the cost of living at the time than a middle class family today does when compared to today's cost of living, even when both parents work.

Back 15

True

Front 16

Most of the poor in the U. S. are actually working.

Back 16

True

Front 17

Advertising today tends to emphasize the need for Americans to return to the tenets of what Max Weber called "The Protestant Ethic."

Back 17

False

Front 18

In the 1980 public opinion poll shown in the chapter, the U. S. population as a whole most commonly favors the idea that income inequality should remain "at about the present level."

Back 18

TRUE

Front 19

In the chart seen in the chapter, more than half of U. S. respondents still believe a person has at least a good chance of "getting ahead" if they are willing to work hard.

Back 19

TRUE

Front 20

Politicians seem to have a strong tendency to artificially inflate the number suffering poverty in the United States.

Back 20

False