Questions: What is conflict theory's explanation of stratification? Stratification affects people's beliefs and lifestyles. Stratification is necessary to induce people with special intelligence, knowledge, and skills to enter the most impt occupations. Stratification is necessary and inevitable. Stratification affects people's daily interaction and conceptions of themselves. Stratification results from lack of opportunity and fiom discrimination and prejudice against poor people, women of color.

The answer is "Stratification results from lack of opportunity and from discrimination and prejudice against poor people, women of color."

This option is more aligned with symbolic interactionism, which focuses on how social stratification affects individuals' daily interactions and self-conceptions.

This option aligns with the functionalist perspective, which argues that stratification is necessary to ensure that the most qualified individuals fill the most important roles in society.

This is also a functionalist view, suggesting that stratification serves a purpose in society and is an unavoidable aspect of social organization.

Again, this is more in line with symbolic interactionism, which examines how stratification influences personal interactions and self-identity.

This option aligns with conflict theory, which posits that social stratification arises from inequalities in access to resources and opportunities, often perpetuated by discrimination and prejudice.

The answer is "As envisioned by Marx, a communist society is classless."

This is incorrect. The United States is not a classless society; it has significant social stratification and economic inequality, despite some degree of upward mobility.

This is correct. Karl Marx envisioned a communist society as one without classes, where the means of production are communally owned, and there is no exploitation of labor.

This statement is incomplete and somewhat misleading. While it is true that these countries did not achieve Marx's vision of a classless society, the term "totalitarian" is not part of Marx's vision.

This is incorrect. The United States has a capitalist economy with some social welfare programs, but it is not a social democracy in the way that many Western European countries are.

This statement is incomplete and lacks context. The United States may rank higher in some economic metrics but often ranks lower in social metrics such as income inequality and social mobility compared to Western European nations.