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FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT CHAPTER 9 SOCIOLOGY
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-Guarantee passing score -19 Questions and Answers -format set of multiple-choice -Expert-Verified Explanation Question 1: which person best illustrates opportunities for upward social mobility in the United States?
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First-generation college student Question 2: conflict theorists view capitalists as those who:
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get rich while workers stay poor Question 3: the GNI PPP figure represents:
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the average annual income of a country's citizens Question 4: occupational prestige means that jobs are:
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not equally valued
Question 5: which of the following scenarios is an example of inter generational mobility?
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an executive belongs to a different class than her parents Question 6: unlike Davis and Moore, Melvin Tumin believed that, because of social stratification, some qualified people were ________ higher-level job positions.
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denied that opportunity to obtain Question 7: the basic premise of the Davis-moore thesis is that the unequal distribution or
rewards in social stratification:
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serves a purpose in society
Question 8: what factor makes caste systems closed?
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people cannot change their social standings Question 9: which statement represents stratification from the perspective of symbolic interactionism?
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after work, pat, a janitor, feels more comfortable eating in a truck stop than a French restaurant.Question 10: which graphic concept best illustrates the concept of social stratification?
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pyramid
Question 11: which of these systems allows for the most social mobility?
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class Question 12: structural mobility occurs when:
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a large group moves up or down the class ladder due to societal changes
Question 13: what factor makes class systems open?
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they allow for movement between the classes.Question 14: in the united states, most people define themselves as:
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middle class Question 15: social stratification is a system that:
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ranks society members into categories Question 16: the behaviors, customs, and norms associated with a class are known as:
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class traits
Question 17: which statement illustrates low status consistency?
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a college dropout launches an online company that earns millions in it first year.Question 18: based on meritocracy, a physician's assistant would:
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earn a pay raise for doing excellent work Question 19: when Karl Marx said workers experience alienation, he meant that workers:
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do not feel connected to their work