SOCE - Unit 6 Quiz questions and answers
SOCE - Unit 6 Quiz questions and answers Absolute Poverty -Correct Answer-The minimum level of income possible before poverty becomes life threatening Caste system -Correct Answer-Social stratifcation is based on the status of a person when they are born. Class -Correct Answer-The degree of wealth that a person has (such as the upper or middle class) Closed systems -Correct Answer-people experience little change in social position Kingsley Davis -Correct Answer-tried to explain the function of social stratification in society Downward mobility -Correct Answer-moving down in the social hierarchy Feminization of poverty -Correct Answer-Refers to the increasing female percentage of poverty. Horizontal mobility -Correct Answer-Occurs when an individual takes another job that keeps him in the same social class. Income -Correct Answer-a person's salary or wages Meritocracy -Correct Answer-social stratification based on personal merit Wilbert Moore -Correct Answer-tried to explain the function of social stratification in society
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