According to Davis and Moore, which of the following are  not…

According to Davis and Moore, which of the following are  not..

According to Davis and Moore, which of the following are nota.quality education and private social clubs

rewards a society may offer to secure personnel in essential services?

b. sustenance and comfort

c. humor and diversion

d. self-respect and ego expansion

According to Kingsley Davis and Wilbert E. Moore, social inequality

a. occurs in only a few select countries.

b. is produced by policy choices.

c. insures that the most important positions are filled by the most qualified people.

d. results in the uneven distribution of resources between groups in society.

According to Fischer et al., which of the following does not influence who gets ahead and who falls behind?

a. historical era into which one is born

b. advantages and disadvantages inherited from parents

c. quantity and quality of schooling

d. innate talent

In “Inequality by Design,” Fischer et al. argue that inequality is

a. a result of our historical acts.

b. fated by nature.

c. a natural outcome of the “invisible hand” of the market.

d. necessary for a society to function.

According to Fischer et al, which of the following is not a mechanism that determines how much get for being ahead or behind?

functional importance of position in a society

universal or rationed social services

loosening or regulating markets

state subsidies

U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson proposed a bill to bail out the banks following the economic collapse of 2008. Paulson was a former CEO of Goldman Sachs, which stood to benefit from the bailout. Sociologists might use which concept to analyze Paulson’s decision to propose such a bill?

golden parachute

meritocracy

power elite

democratic elite

Which conditions necessitate the best reward for positions in the Davis-Moore theory of stratification?

1. The position requires innate talents of a high degree and is not functionally important.
2. The position is functionally important and easily filled.
3. The position is functionally important, and the skills required involve lengthy training.
4. The position is functionally important, and the skills required are easily acquired.

Why is C. Wright Mill’s concept of the power elite a structural analysis of power rather than a description of personal power?

1. The decisions made by the power elite only impact a few segments of society.
2. The power elite gain power through the acquisition of material assets.
3. The power elite exercise power from their position in the great institutions.
4. Those with the most popularity gained through charisma hold the most power.

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