Sociology Chapter 9 Quiz
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.
Based on meritocracy, a physician's assistant would:
earn a pay raise for doing excellent work.
Occupational prestige means that jobs are:
not equally valued
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.
The GNI PPP figure represents:
the average annual income of a country's citizens
Which statement illustrates low status consistency?
A college drop out launches an online company that earns millions in its first year.
Which of the following scenarios is an example of intragenerational mobility?
An executive belongs to a different class than her parents.
Which statement represents stratification from the perspective of symbolic interaction-ism?
At work, Pat, the janitor feels more comfortable eating in a truck stop than a french restaurant.
Which of these systems allows for the most social mobility?
Class
The behaviors, customs, and norms associated with a class are known as:
Class traits
When Karl Marx said workers experience alienation, he meant that workers:
Do not feel connected to their work.
Which person best illustrates opportunities for upward social mobility in the United States?
First-Generation College Student
Conflict theorists view capitalism as those who:
Get rich while workers get poor.
In the US, most people define themselves as:
Middle Class
What factor makes caste systems closed?
People cannot change their social standings.
Which graphic concept best illustrates the concept of social stratification?
Pyramid
What factor makes class systems open?
They allow for movement between the classes.
Structural mobility occurs when:
a large group moves up or down the class ladder due to societal changes