Social Class

For a social-class system to exist in a society the classes must meet all of the following criteria except

• They must be specified
• They must be ordered
• They must be mutually exclusive
• They must be bounded

The social-class system is defined as the arbitrary division of society into permanent, heterogeneous groups

• False
• True

Education has served as the primary path for upward social mobility

• False
• True

For a social class to be bounded it is necessary that

• a rule is devised for each class that will include or exclude any particula
• the classes are arrayed in terms of some criteria
• an individual belongs to only one class
• every individual in the system fits into some class

Status crystallisation involves

• the extent to which one is a 'star' on one or more status dimensions
• the degree of consistency an individual has across all the status dimension
• the degree to which an individual's status is visible to others
• the degree to which one's apparent status exceeds one's actual status

Occupation is the most widely used single-item index in marketing studies

• False
• True

The more consistent an individual is on all status dimensions

• the lesser the degree of status crystallisation for the individual
• the greater the degree of status crystallisation for the individual
• there is no difference in the degree of status crystallisation
• the more that individual will earn

Which of the following is not an achievement-based status dimension

• occupation
• age
• income
• education

Which of the following is not an ascribed status dimension

• race
• age
• gender
• All of the given answers are ascribed status dimensions

Social class affects all of the following except

• consumers' evaluative processes
• consumers' willingness to learn about products
• the number and type of attributes that may apply in a purchase decision
• the specific threshold that may apply in a purchase decision