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Category: Social Stratification
Which one of the following does not apply to social class systems ?
A. class systems are relatively fluid
B. class position is entirely subjective
C. class is economically based
D. class positions are in part achieved
What is the term used to describe the stages from one’s birth into a family with a specific status through formation of a new family unit ?
A. intergenerational mobility
B. socioeconomic life cycle
C. vertical mobility
D. none of the above
Social stratification is_______________?
A. a system in which people can change their status with relative ease.
B. the ranking or grading of individuals and groups into hierarchical layers
C. based entirely on self-classification
D. none of the above
According to peter Saunders in modem societies stratification depends on___________?
A. Cultural groups
B. Social and economic classes
C. Ethnic groups
D. None of these
The term hegemony refers to_____________?
A. the tendency for the working class not to realize their own interests
B. a dominant ideology that legitimates economic political
C. a form of dual consciousness based on ideology and everyday experiences
D. a mode of payment given for outstanding topiary
The idea that classes vary according to their possession of cultural capital is associated with________________?
A. Max Weber
B. John Goldthorpe
C. Karl Marx
D. Pierre Bourdieu
A social stratum is_______________?
A. a level in the social hierarchy comprising people with shared life chances
B. a methodological tool used to identify a person’s social class
C. the boundary between two levels of the social hierarchy
D. a symbol of status used to differentiate between social classes
The word stratification derives from the geological concept “Strata “meaning ?
A. class
B. groups
C. Rock layers
D. None of these
When sociologists study the structure of layers in society and people’s movement between them they call this____________?
A. social stratification
B. social control
C. social conflict
D. social solidarity
The process of turning the class concept into something measurable is called___________?
A. operational research
B. modus operandum
C. operationalization
D. operant conditioning
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