Socio chapter 9 quiz
structural mobility occurs when:
a large group moves up or dow the class ladder due to societal changes
which of the following scenarios is an example of intragenerational mobility
a lawyer belongs to a different class than her sister
which of these systems allows for the most social mobility?
class
unlike davis and moore, melvin tumin believed that, because of social stratification, some qualified people were___ higher-level job positions.
denied the opportunity to obtain
When Karl Marx said workers experience alienation, he meant that works;
do not feel connected to their work
class systems have high status consistency
false
occupational prestige means that jobs are:
not equally valued
what factor makes caste systems closed?
people cannot change their social standings
social stratification is a system that:
ranks society members into categories
the basic premise of the davis-moore thesis is that the unequal distribution of rewards in social stratification:
serves a purpose in society