Deck 9: Stratification and Mobility

Question 1

The subjective ranking of individuals or groups in terms of honor, esteem and respect is called:

A) social class
B) social status
C) economic status

Answer 1

B

Question 2

The 'Treiman Constant' refers to the fact that occupational prestige rankings are...

A) atrongly stratisfied by income in contemporary societies
B) hghly different over time, across countries, and between raters
C) highly similar over time, across countries, and have strong agreement between raters

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Global inequality refers to…

A) within-country stratification plus between-country stratification
B) between-country stratification
C) between-country stratification minus within-country stratification

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Fill in the blanks: The more (A) societies are, and so the (B) mobility there is, the (C) is the inequality

A) (A) is 'closed', (B) is 'less' and (C) is 'greater'
B) (A) is 'open', (B) is 'more' and (C) is 'greater'
C) (A) is 'open', (B) is 'less' and (C) is 'less'

Question 5

Changing social position between parents and their children is called:

A) intergenerational mobility
B) horizontal mobility
C) intragenerational mobility

Question 6

A 'mobility table' is a table..

A) which presents the degree of intermarriage in society
B) which cross-classifies origin and destination positions in the stratification system
C) which ranks occupations in terms of prestige

Question 7

When indicating mobility by looking at the total number of positional changes, scholars specifically look at:

A) absolute mobility
B) structural mobility
C) relative mobility

Question 8

Family origin and ethnic origin are examples of:

A) ascribed characteristics
B) attained characteristics
C) achieved characteristics

Question 9

What is meant by the 'Great Gatsby Curve'?

A) the theory that in more stratified societies, there is less intergenerational mobility
B) the phenomenon that in more stratified societies, there is less intergenerational mobility
C) the phenomenon that in more stratified societies, there is more intragenerational mobility

Question 10

Some scholars have suggested that status inequality can be explained by differences in genes. This is an example of:

A) an individual perspective
B) a sociological perspective
C) sociological imagination