Social Stratification Quiz

The concept of social mobility refers to changes in people's positions in the social hierarchy.

• True

• False

For most people in the United States, social standing remains much the same over the course of a lifetime.

• True

• False

In the United States, social inequality is determined only by people's talents and abilities.

• True

• False

Caste systems encourage romantic love and personal choice as the basis of marriage.

• True

• False

In class systems, social categories are more clearly and rigidly defined than they are in caste systems.

• True

• False

Class systems assign social position based on both birth and individual achievement.

• True

• False

The more a society is a meritocracy, the greater the society's level of social mobility.

• True

• False

Great Britain has eliminated all aspects of its historic aristocracy.

• True

• False

The Davis-Moore thesis states that social stratification has consequences that are beneficial to society such as the most talented and motivated get paid the most.

• True

• False

The Davis-Moore thesis implies that societies without social inequality would be the most productive.

• True

• False