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Category: Social Stratification
A film star whose parents were both factory workers illustrate ?
A. upward intergenerational mobility
B. upward intergenerational mobility
C. downward intergenerational mobility
D. downward intergenerational mobility
Which of the following is true regarding social mobility ?
A. Social mobility occurs only when shifts occur in the availability of different types of talent in the work force
B. Social mobility can occur when societies change altering the division of labor
C. Social mobility is controlled by those in the higher strata through control of opportunities for training and education
D. none of above
Social inequality is a structured aspect of contemporary life That means that___________?
A. inequality occurs in a random fashion
B. inequalities are passed from generation to generation
C. inequality is regulated by the government
D. none of the above is true
Which sociological perspective acknowledges that it is not possible to change gender drastically without dramatic revisions in a cultures social structure ?
A. functionalist perspective
B. conflict perspective
C. interactionist perspective
D. both a and b
The lower class is often considered to be living in_______________?
A. culture of poverty
B. Culture of lower class
C. Mere poverty
D. None of these
The practice of legally enforced marriage within caste is called____________?
A. endogamy
B. endogeny
C. exegesis
D. exclusion
Which of the following is true regarding the functionalist and conflict theories of social stratification ?
A. Conflict theory is better at explaining inequality
B. Only functionalist theory has merit when discussing social structure
C. Some sociologists have tried to synthesize the conflict and functionalist perspectives to argue that stratification systems are institutions that have evolved in order to reduce conflict
D. none of the above
A social system in which social position is fixed for a lifetime What type of social stratification does this describe ?
A. slavery
B. Social class
C. caste
D. estates
The emergence of a consolidated network of business leadership is most compatible with which ideal-type of capitalism ?
A. family capitalism
B. managerial capitalism
C. welfare capitalism
D. institutional
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