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 TRUE/FALSE QUESTIONS 1.Social stratification is based on individual differences in ability. 2.Just as categories of people in any particular society are separated into social classes, so too are the countries of the world, which have differential access to valued resources. 3.Most Americans respond to the ideology of classism by simply wanting their fair share of the economic pie rather than seeking structural changes that would make economic competition more fair. 4.While the U.S. is a completely open society, India is completely closed. 5.According to the Lenskis, it was in horticultural societies that significant social stratification first emerged. 6.Caste systems are based on a legitimating ideology which is nearly always religious in character. 7.According to deficiency theories of stratification, elites obtain and keep their advantages because they are smarter, harder working, and more moral. 8.Deficiency theories suggest that social inequality is inevitable and desirable. 9.Sociological theories, like deficiency theories, view stratification as a characteristic of individuals, not of society. 10.The most influential functionalist theory of stratification was developed by Robert Merton and Talcott Parsons.