Which of the Following Statements About the American Social Classes

question 48

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about the American social classes is true?

• A) The middle class emulates the upper Americans, which distinguishes it from the working class.
• B) The middle class is differentiated mainly by having income levels that only suffice the meeting of basic needs.
• C) The working class is primarily concerned with fashion and buying what experts in the media recommend.
• D) Most of the middle class receives public housing, food stamps, and Medicaid.

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Definitions:

Self-Effacing Error

The tendency to attribute one’s successes to external factors while blaming oneself for failures, commonly observed in certain cultures.

Signal Detection Error

occurs when an observer incorrectly perceives or fails to perceive a stimulus, leading to false positives or negatives in the detection task.

Self-Serving Error

A common bias in which people take credit for their successes while attributing failures to external factors.

Fundamental Attribution Error

The tendency to overemphasize personality traits and underestimate situational factors when explaining another person's behavior.