Understanding Social Desirables

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What is the basis of social status and rank in human society?

  • Power
  • Influence on others
  • Wealth
  • Occupational prestige (correct)

According to sociologists, what does prestige depend on?

  • Desirability
  • Social standing
  • Job income
  • Occupation professionalism (correct)

What is the result of wealth combined with power?

  • Occupational rank
  • Prestige (correct)
  • Influence on others
  • Social status

What provides an individual with a distinct advantage in determining policies and economy?

<p>Influence on others (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are social desirables in a society?

<p>Factors that are somewhat accepted or desired in a certain society (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to the Marxist perspective, how does wealth differentiation impact society?

<p>Creates social, economic, and political inequality (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How did Dahl define power?

<p>The capacity of an individual to influence others to perform an act they wouldn't otherwise do (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the relationship between power and economic capital?

<p>Power is associated with economic capital as it permits selected members of society to determine norms (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the three most desired qualities in every society?

<p>Wealth, power, and prestige (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does social suffering among the disadvantaged result from, according to the text?

<p>Inequality created by differentiation in wealth (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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