Status Consumption Is Discussed in the Text in Chapter 7

question 33

Multiple Choice

Status consumption is discussed in the text in Chapter 7 on stratification.How does this affect poverty?

• A) It shows us what we need to work toward, thus making us work even harder at getting ahead.
• B) Along with the media, it gives us goals that are unreachable for most of us, thus plunging us into debt.
• C) It shows us what absolute poverty is when we compare ourselves to people like Paris Hilton.
• D) It reduces poverty by giving people more jobs in producing the goods we all want.