Understanding Social Stratification
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What are the three bases of social standing according to Max Weber?

  • Kindness, honesty, and courage
  • Health, knowledge, and happiness
  • Fame, beauty, and intelligence
  • Wealth, power, and prestige (correct)

What is meant by horizontal mobility?

  • Exercising material authority over others
  • Moving to a higher position in society
  • Achieving widespread admiration for achievements
  • Changing occupation without affecting social standing (correct)

What does upward mobility refer to?

  • Staying in the same occupational status
  • Experiencing a decline in societal position
  • Achieving political or social control
  • Moving from one social class to another (correct)

According to Karl Marx, what is the basis of class related to economic status?

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What is prestige based on according to Max Weber?

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