5.4 Factors which may influence access to life chances and power Quiz: WJEC Eduqas Sociology, Unit 5

The 20 questions

1. What term describes a pre-judged negative attitude towards a social group?

   • Discrimination
   • Labelling
   • Legislation
   • Prejudice

2. What is the term for treating people unfairly due to group membership?

   • Stereotyping
   • Stratification
   • Discrimination
   • Socialisation

3. What is applying fixed, oversimplified beliefs to all group members called?

   • Social mobility
   • Stereotyping
   • Legislation
   • Scapegoating

4. What process involves attaching categories to people that shape their life chances?

   • Globalisation
   • Privilege
   • Labelling
   • Patriarchy

5. What term describes blaming a minority group for problems they did not cause?

   • Discrimination
   • Stereotyping
   • Labelling
   • Scapegoating

6. Which term describes widespread public concern over a perceived threat exaggerated by the media?

   • Rational-legal authority
   • Cultural capital
   • False consciousness
   • Moral panic

7. What is racism built into the policies and practices of organisations called?

   • Implicit bias
   • Individual racism
   • Overt prejudice
   • Institutional racism

8. What term describes the invisible barrier preventing women reaching senior roles?

   • Sticky floor
   • Iron cage
   • Class ceiling
   • Glass ceiling

9. What term describes informal networks helping elite men into powerful jobs?

   • Old boys' network
   • Corporate ladder
   • Class elite
   • Power group

10. Which educational route is most strongly linked to elite university access?

    • Grammar schooling
    • Comprehensive schooling
    • Vocational training
    • Private schooling

11. Which concept describes a society dominated by male power and control?

    • Patriarchy
    • Meritocracy
    • Matriarchy
    • Pluralism

12. What term refers to prejudice or discrimination based on sex or gender?

    • Racism
    • Classism
    • Ageism
    • Sexism

13. What term describes prejudice or stereotyping based on a person's age?

    • Classism
    • Sexism
    • Ableism
    • Ageism

14. Which model views disability solely as an individual medical problem to cure?

    • Welfare model
    • Medical model
    • Rights model
    • Social model

15. What term describes hostility or prejudice towards gay or lesbian people?

    • Xenophobia
    • Transphobia
    • Homophobia
    • Ableism

16. What tool does the state use to legally challenge or reinforce discrimination?

    • Sub-culture
    • Moral panic
    • Legislation
    • Labelling

17. What term describes a group with distinctive values stigmatised by the mainstream?

    • Social class
    • Sub-culture
    • Institutions
    • Peer group

18. Denying a promotion assuming a worker will have children is an example of what?

    • Class bias
    • Institutional racism
    • Age discrimination
    • Gender stereotyping

19. Blaming minority groups for job shortages in the press is an example of what?

    • Meritocracy
    • Social mobility
    • Patriarchy
    • Scapegoating

20. What model views disability as a result of environmental and structural barriers?

    • Medical model
    • Biological model
    • Social model
    • Functional model

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