8-3 Social Mobility - Sociology

Social Mobility is the movement of people between _____ .

• neighborhoods
• societies
• rooms
• social classes

Which is NOT an example of Social Mobility?

• horizontal
• vertical
• intergenerational
• diagonal

Changing from one occupation to another in the same social class. e.g. army captain becomes a school teacher

• intergenerational mobility
• horizontal mobility
• upward mobility
• downward mobility

A change in job that moves an individual from one social class to another social class: e.g. paper boy to CEO

• horizontal mobility
• sideways mobility
• vertical mobility
• intergenerational mobility

A change in social class that takes place over a generation: plumber's daughter becomes a physician.

• intergenerational mobility
• intergalactic mobility
• family mobility
• internet mobility

In South Africa before the election of Nelson Mandela, Aparheid was a caste system based upon _____ .

• family name
• wealth
• race
• religion

People at the bottom of the stratification have low self-esteem because they believe economic failure is due to...

• not having powerful friends
• not trying hard enough
• a rigid stratification system
• not being born into wealth

In a Caste System, you cannot change your _____ .

• address
• social class
• last name
• mind

In a Caste System, you cannot _____ people from outside your social class.

• greet
• visit
• fight
• marry

In India, the government does not recognize _____ and has tried to eliminate it from Indian life.

• a open-class system
• an apartheid system
• a caste system
• a network system