Chapter 2 Practice Quiz

. What do classes refer to in sociology?

. Which sociologist published the Vertical Mosaic?

. What are two ways that we can view poverty?

. Which sociological perspective argues that society consists of a connected network of groups, organizations, and institutions that work together?

. Which sociological thinker developed the ideas central to conflict theory?

. Karl Marx came up with what term to indicate the working-class experience of not controlling the nature and pacing of their labour and their work is highly controlled.

. Journalists, housing activists and others are increasingly using the word ________ rather than homeless to describe individuals who do not have access to housing.

. What are the Canadians use when they are food insecure?

. Poverty can lead to long term chronic stress, and some people try to cope with chronic stress with things like:

. Which of the following is not a collective solution to poverty and economic inequality.

. An individual who experiences poverty in early adulthood yet becomes wealthy later in life experiences intragenerational upward social mobility.

. Intergenerational income elasticity is the correlation between ethnicity and income level.

. Absolute poverty is when you can survive but the living standards are below the general living standards.

. Symbolic interactionists focus on the ways that inequalities get reinforced and created in micro-level interactions.

. Historically, feminist theory focused on the concerns of the most privileged groups of women including White, middle-class, educated, heterosexual women, and ignored the challenges faced by the most marginalized groups of women.

. The cost of home ownership has fallen dramatically.

. Homelessness is also a problem in rural areas, however much of the homelessness in rural areas is hidden homelessness.

. When an individual is unhoused, friendships and other social relationships are not eroded.

. Food insecurity can be invisible such as when there is not enough food at home and children get food that is provided in schools.

. When children do not have the money to participate in extra-curricular activities this has no bearing on their job opportunities later in life.

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