Sociology chapter 9

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

Class traits

What factor makes class systems open?

They allow for movement between the classes.

Which of the following scenarios is an example of intergenerational 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.

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.

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

The GNI PPP figure represents:

The average annual income of a country's citizens

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

Which of these systems allows for the most social mobility?

Class


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