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What is vertical mobility?

  • A movement from one social group to another
  • A change in occupation without a change in social standing (correct)
  • A change in social class
  • A change in social status within a social class

What is the term for the evaluation of status based on prestige?

  • Differentiation
  • Achieved (correct)
  • Stratification
  • Ascribed

What is the characteristic of a closed-class system?

  • People can do little or nothing to change their social standing (correct)
  • Individuals can change their social class easily
  • Social classes are not clearly defined
  • There is a high level of social mobility

What is the term for the movement of a person from one social class to another?

<p>Upward mobility (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the method of relating people in terms of certain social characteristics and then classifying them into social categories?

<p>Differentiation (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for a system where individuals can change their social class?

<p>Open-class system (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Stratification is the relative social position of people within a social group, category, geographic region, or social unit.

<p>False (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Social desirable refers to changes of individuals, families, households, or other categories of people within or between social class in a society.

<p>False (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Ascribed statuses are earned by the individual.

<p>False (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Open class system means that individuals can change their social class in the society.

<p>True (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Caste and closed-class system allow people to change their social standing through individual efforts.

<p>False (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Upward mobility is the movement of a person between social class levels or another class.

<p>True (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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