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