Sociology ch 9

what system allows for the most social mobility

class

the behaviors, customs, and norms associated with a class are known as

class traits

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

Conflict theorists view capitalists as those who

get rich while workers stay poor

in the U.S., most people define themselves as

middle class

occupational prestige means that jobs are

not equally valued

the GNI PPP figure represents

the average annual income of a country's citizens

what factor makes caste systems open

they allow movement between classes

which statement represents stratification from the perspective of symbolic interactionism

After work, Pat, a janitor, feels more comfortable eating in a truck stop than a French restaurant.

structural mobility, occurs when

a large group moves up or down the class ladder due to societal changes

When Karl Marx said workers experience alienation, he meant that workers:

do not feel connected to their work

based on meritocracy, a physician's assistant would

earn a pay raise for doing excellent work

which person best illustrates opportunities for upward social mobility in the U.S.

first-generation college students

what factor makes caste systems closed

people cannot change their social standings

Which graphic concept best illustrates the concept of social stratification?

pyramid

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

which of the following scenarios is an example of intragenerational mobility

An executive belongs to a different class than her parents.

which statement illustrates low status consistency?

a college dropout launches an online company that earns millions in its first year