The concept of social mobility refers to changes in people's positions in the social hierarchy.
  • True
  • False
In the United States, social inequality is a matter of only people's talents and abilities.
  • True
  • False
In all societies, kinship plays a part in social stratification because:
  • both class and caste systems.
  • ranking categories of people in a hierarchy
  • parents pass their social position on to their children.
  • gives some people more privileges and opportunities than others.
If you lived in a society with a traditional caste system, you would expect your marriage to be:
  • horizontal social mobility
  • social stratification based on ascription, or birth.
  • agrarian.
  • endogamous
Why do societies with class systems keep some elements of caste (such as the inheritance of wealth) rather than becoming complete meritocracies?
  • A family's social standing typically changes a great deal from generation to generation.
  • because a pure meritocracy would eliminate families and other social loyalties that tie a society together
  • based entirely on personal merit.
  • parents pass their social position on to their children.
Weber agreed with Marx that a socialist revolution would result in complete social equality.
  • True
  • False
The common ideology of a class system states that success and wealth typically result from:
  • based entirely on personal merit.
  • both class and caste systems.
  • more social inequality
  • personal talent and effort.
In class systems, social categories are more clearly and rigidly defined than they are in caste systems.
  • True
  • False
In general, societies that have caste systems have economies that are:
  • social stratification based on ascription, or birth.
  • horizontal social mobility
  • agrarian.
  • endogamous
The concept "meritocracy" refers to social stratification:
  • both class and caste systems.
  • personal talent and effort.
  • based entirely on personal merit.
  • greater in caste than class systems.
Ideology, or beliefs that support social stratification, is found in:
  • more social inequality
  • based entirely on personal merit.
  • both class and caste systems.
  • personal talent and effort.
Using the sociological perspective, we see that social stratification:
  • A family's social standing typically changes a great deal from generation to generation.
  • parents pass their social position on to their children.
  • ranking categories of people in a hierarchy
  • gives some people more privileges and opportunities than others.
The Davis-Moore thesis states that social stratification has beneficial consequences for society.
  • True
  • False
If you have a job that involves manual labor, you are doing:
  • based entirely on personal merit.
  • white-collar work
  • more social inequality
  • blue-collar work.
Caste systems are typical of high-income societies.
  • True
  • False
What concept describes a person who moves from one occupation to another that provides about the same level of rewards?
  • agrarian.
  • horizontal social mobility
  • endogamous
  • social stratification based on ascription, or birth.
Social stratification is a matter of not only inequality but also beliefs about fairness.
  • True
  • False
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