Intro to Sociology ch. 9
Which statement illustrates low status consistency?
A college dropout launches an online company that earns millions in its first year.
Structural mobility occurs when:
A large group moves up or down the class ladder due to societal changes
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.
Which of the following scenarios is an example of intergenerational mobility?
An executive belongs to a different class than her parents.
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
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 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 United States?
First-generation college student
Conflict theorists view capitalists as those who:
Get rich while workers stay poor
In the United States, most people define themselves as:
Middle class
Occupational prestige means that jobs are:
Not equally valued
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
A socioeconomic system that divides society's members into categories ranking from high to low, based on things like wealth, power, and prestige is referred to as:
Social Stratification
The GNI PPP figure represents:
The average annual income of a country's citizens
What factor makes class systems open?
They allow for movement between the classes.
