Patrick Graduated College and Worked as a Financial Analyst for Three

Multiple Choice

Patrick graduated college and worked as a financial analyst for three years. The firm he worked for experienced a crisis due to fraudulent activity and he was laid off. He enjoyed a comfortable upper class lifestyle before he was laid off. After months of being unemployed, his house was under foreclosure and he suffered a devastating illness. Due to his special medical needs he went on government assistance and moved in with his brother's family. Patrick's shifting class position illustrates ______.

A) intragenerational mobility
B) intergenerational mobility
C) redistribution
D) meritocracy